The very first female pilot to fly the US Air ForceF-35 fighter aircraft. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine aircraft.
EGLIN AIRFORCEBASE, Fla. - Lt. Col.Christine Mau, 33rd Fighter WingOperations Group deputy commander, completed her first training flight in the single-seat fifth-generation fighter following 14 virtual training missions in the Full MissionSimulator at the F-35 Academic TrainingCenter.
“It wasn’t until I was taxiing to the runway that it really struck me that I was on my own in the jet,” said Mau, formerly an F-15E Strike Eagle pilot. “I had a chase aircraft, but there was no weapons system officer or instructor pilot sitting behind me, and no one in my ear like in simulators.”
And with that, like the other 87 F-35A pilots trained over the last four years at Eglin, Mau thundered down the runway and was airborne as the first woman in the Air Force’s premier fighter.
“It felt great to get airborne. The jet flies like a dream, and seeing the systems interact is impressive. Flying with the Helmet Mounted Display takes some adjusting, but it’s an easy adjustment,” said Mau. “The training missions in the simulator prepare you very well, so you’re ready for that flight.”
The initial flight in the F-35 training syllabus is designed to orient pilots with the physical aspects of flying the F-35 compared to other fighters they’ve flown previously, such as the F-15E Strike Eagle, F-15C Eagle, F-16 Falcon, A-10 Warthog or F-22 Raptor.
Women have served in combat aviation roles in those and other aircraft for more than 20 years.
Mau acknowledged that although she may be the first female in the F-35 program, her gender has no bearing on her performance as a fighter pilot.
Mau joked that the only difference between her and her fellow F-35 pilots is the size of her G-suit and facemask.
They are both extra-small.
“Flying is a great equalizer,” said Mau. “The plane doesn’t know or care about your gender as a pilot, nor do the ground troops who need your support. You just have to perform. That’s all anyone cares about when you’re up there – that you can do your job, and that you do it exceptionally well.”
Mau’s combat experience and technical prowess in the cockpit were the primary draws for her selection to her position with the 33rd Operations Group.
“Lt. Col. Mau brings a valuable level of combat and operational knowledge to our team,” said Col. ToddCanterbury, 33rd Fighter Wing commander. “We’re nearly a year out from declaring Initial Operational Capability with the F-35. We need battle-tested pilots to help us put the F-35A through its paces and ensure we have a trained and ready force of F-35 pilots to feed into our combat air forces.”
Canterbury witnessed Mau’s leadership and combat effectiveness first-hand when they were both deployed to Afghanistan in 2011, where she was part of another important milestone for women in the combat aviation community.
While with the 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Mau was part of the first all-female combat sortie. The combat mission provided air support to coalition and Afghan forces in the Kunar Valley, Afghanistan. From the pilots and weapons system officers of the two F-15E jets to the mission planners and maintainers, the entire mission was carried out entirely by women.
“As a service, we need to attract the most innovative and skillful Airmen possible for one reason – it makes us more effective,” said Canterbury. “The broader the net that we cast into the talent pool, coupled with a laser focus on performance, ensures we have the best Airmen in place to carry out the mission. Performance is key, and it’s the standard we hold all of our Airmen to in the Air Force,” said Canterbury.
VideoDescriptionCredit: 1st Lt. Hope Cronin
Video Credits: Staff Sgt. Tarelle Walker, Airman 1st ClassHeidi Goodsell, Master Sgt. Michael Jackson, Cpl. Owen Kimbrel, Lance Cpl.Casey Scarpulla, US NavyShipUSSWasp and MC3TheodoreQuintanaThumbnail Credit: Kristi Mulder Modified by ArmedForcesUpdate

At 96 years old, Bob Brocklehurst needs a little more help boarding a plane than he did back in the day. But give him a second and he's right at home inside a P-51.
MORE: http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/236287607-story

published:17 Feb 2017

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This time we took the prank to the skies! We teamed up with Nadia Marcinko and the people at Warwings to prank a flight instructor in Palm Springs California. Watch what happens when Nadia goes undercover as a nerd and pretending to be clueless.
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92-year-old Air Transport Auxiliary veteran Joy Lofthouse returns to the skies in a Spitfire 70 years on from the end of World War 2.
Seven decades after her last flight in the iconic plane, Joy described the experience as "lovely: it was perfect", making her feel "quite young." The ATA made an enormous contribution to the war effort by taking over from service pilots the task of ferrying Royal Air Force and Royal Navy warplanes between factories, maintenance units and front-line squadrons.
This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Thursday 7 May 2015.
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Teen PilotsDreamTakesFlight
15-year-old girl to fly from California to Virginia
The 15-year-old will attempt to become the youngest black female to pilot an airplane transcontinentally. She took off from Compton Airport for Newport News, Va. at about 7 a.m., Monday.
Kimberly was accompanied in the single-engine craft by Tuskegee AirmanLeviThornhill and safety pilot Ronell Norman. Thornhill was a crew chief during World War II.
They will meet other Tuskegee Airmen at stops along the flight path. Their first stop is in Arizona.
They did such a good thing, Kimberly said of the Tuskegee Airmen. Everything that they did was so amazing. When someones constantly telling you no, when someones constantly telling you that youre stupid, that you dont have the cognitive development, and that you cant do something so good, and you go out and prove them wrong — its just like, wow.
15-year-old girl to fly from California to VirginiaKimberlys flight is part of an after-school program sponsored by Tomorrows Aeronautical Museum (TAM). Kimberly has been part of the program for aspiring pilots since she was 12.
She is expected to arrive July 4.

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Introducing a child to the world of Flying is SO Rewarding!
Proud to be associated with ForeFlight: http://www.foreflight.com/flightchops/
FlightChops CONTESTS!
A new contest EVERY month; shared prizes from all our sponsors totalling over $2500!
AND this month thanks to CloudAhoy we have the 1st "Flight Chops Debrief Kit" with 2 GoPro Hero4 silvers and an intercom audio recording cable.
I amSUPER stoked to add a prize from my aviation hero Bob Hoover: "Flying the Feathered Edge" SIGNED collectible prize pack!
Please visit http://www.FlightChops.com for details!
Huge thanks to Kerry for helping make this happen!
This flight happened to be during "women in aviation week" 2016!
_____
Tropospheric Ducting - details thanks to Kerry
and William Hepburn: Http://www.dxinfocentre.com
- caused by temperature & humidity inversions
- warm dry air over cool moist air
- 4 types
1. Nighttime Tropo - radiation inversion - most common, caused by radiational cooling @ night, burns off when sun rises
2. High Pressure Tropo - subsidence inversion - causes widespread conditions day or night, caused by sinking (subsiding) air aloft
3. Frontal Tropo - frontal inversion - ahead of warm fronts & behind cold fronts - usually brief
4. Marine Tropo (a.k.a. Lake Effect Tropo in Great Lakes region) - marine inversion - warm dry air advecting over cooler waters, most common in spring/early summer
Ducting will often cause false echoes on radar (a.k.a. "AP" or anomalous propagation).
Today's ducting was "High Pressure Tropo".
http://dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html
In a typical airmass, the temperature drops as you go up in altitude and the humidity increases. Sometimes, under strong high pressure, along a weather front, or over an ocean or lake, this condition is reversed. The temperature may increase with altitude; this is called a temperature inversion. If a temperature inversion is also accompanied by a corresponding humidity inversion, then we have the necessary conditions for anomalous propagation, or "A.P."
On this chart (tephigram), we have cool moist air on surface, with milder and much drier air aloft, in this case 10% r.h. We can see the sharp boundary that separates the two airmasses just below 1500’ above ground. When VHF radio signals, that would normally head straight out into space, hit this boundary they get bent downwards and run parallel to the ground. This results in extended range and, along with that, the potential for increased interference.
This (tropospheric ducting forecast) map highlights the areas where there is a potential for A.P. to develop. In this case, propagation between Ontario and Iowa was possible.
_____
And here are more links for Kerry:
She's a meteorologist, pilot and awesome photographer.
Check out her stuff!
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https://www.youtube.com/user/weatherandsky
https://www.instagram.com/weatherandsky/
https://twitter.com/weatherandsky
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I am a "weekend warrior" private pilot, I fly for fun with no intentions of going commercial. I have had my PPL for over 15 years, but still consider each flight a learning experience - I generally take detailed notes after each flight to remind myself what went well or what I could do to improve.... Having the GoPro cameras to record flights like this is invaluable. I find these self analysis videos very helpful in my constant quest to improve, and am happy to share. Feedback is invited; however, please keep it positive.

Take

A take is a single continuous recorded performance. The term is used in film and music to denote and track the stages of production.

Film

In cinematography, a take refers to each filmed "version" of a particular shot or "setup". Takes of each shot are generally numbered starting with "take one" and the number of each successive take is increased (with the director calling for "take two" or "take eighteen") until the filming of the shot is completed.

A one-take occurs when the entire scene is shot satisfactorily the first time, whether by necessity (as with certain expensive special effects) or by happy accident.

Film takes are often designated with the aid of a clapperboard. It is also referred to as the slate. The number of each take is written or attached to the clapboard, which is filmed briefly prior to or at the beginning of the actual take. Only takes which are vetted by the continuity person and/or script supervisor are printed and are sent to the film editor.

Some film directors are known for using very long, unedited takes. Alfred Hitchcock's Rope is famous for being composed of nine uninterrupted takes, each from four to ten minutes long. This required actors to step over cables and dolly tracks while filming, and stagehands to move furniture and props out of the camera's way as it moved around the room. A camera operator's foot was broken by a heavy dolly during one intensive take, and he was gagged and hauled out of the studio so that filming could continue without interruption. The eight-minute opening shot of The Player includes people discussing long takes in other movies.

The engineering aspects of flight are studied in aerospace engineering which is subdivided into aeronautics, the study of vehicles that travel through the air, and astronautics, the study of vehicles that travel through space, and in ballistics, the study of the flight of projectiles.

Types of flight

Buoyant flight

Humans have managed to construct lighter than air vehicles that raise off the ground and fly, due to their buoyancy in air.

There is no single genetic mechanism behind sex differences in different species and the existence of two sexes seems to have evolved multiple times independently in different evolutionary lineages. Patterns of sexual reproduction include

isogamous species with two or more mating types with gametes of identical form and behavior (but different at the molecular level),

oogamous species, which include humans in which the female gamete is very much larger than the male and has no ability to move. Oogamy is a form of anisogamy. There is an argument that this pattern was driven by the physical constraints on the mechanisms by which two gametes get together as required for sexual reproduction.

FIRST FEMALE PILOT to fly US Air Force F-35 Fighter Aircraft

The very first female pilot to fly the US Air ForceF-35 fighter aircraft. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine aircraft.
EGLIN AIRFORCEBASE, Fla. - Lt. Col.Christine Mau, 33rd Fighter WingOperations Group deputy commander, completed her first training flight in the single-seat fifth-generation fighter following 14 virtual training missions in the Full MissionSimulator at the F-35 Academic TrainingCenter.
“It wasn’t until I was taxiing to the runway that it really struck me that I was on my own in the jet,” said Mau, formerly an F-15E Strike Eagle pilot. “I had a chase aircraft, but there was no weapons system officer or instructor pilot sitting behind me, and no one in my ear like in simulators.”
And with that, like the other 87 F-35A pilots trained over the last four years at Eglin, Mau thundered down the runway and was airborne as the first woman in the Air Force’s premier fighter.
“It felt great to get airborne. The jet flies like a dream, and seeing the systems interact is impressive. Flying with the Helmet Mounted Display takes some adjusting, but it’s an easy adjustment,” said Mau. “The training missions in the simulator prepare you very well, so you’re ready for that flight.”
The initial flight in the F-35 training syllabus is designed to orient pilots with the physical aspects of flying the F-35 compared to other fighters they’ve flown previously, such as the F-15E Strike Eagle, F-15C Eagle, F-16 Falcon, A-10 Warthog or F-22 Raptor.
Women have served in combat aviation roles in those and other aircraft for more than 20 years.
Mau acknowledged that although she may be the first female in the F-35 program, her gender has no bearing on her performance as a fighter pilot.
Mau joked that the only difference between her and her fellow F-35 pilots is the size of her G-suit and facemask.
They are both extra-small.
“Flying is a great equalizer,” said Mau. “The plane doesn’t know or care about your gender as a pilot, nor do the ground troops who need your support. You just have to perform. That’s all anyone cares about when you’re up there – that you can do your job, and that you do it exceptionally well.”
Mau’s combat experience and technical prowess in the cockpit were the primary draws for her selection to her position with the 33rd Operations Group.
“Lt. Col. Mau brings a valuable level of combat and operational knowledge to our team,” said Col. ToddCanterbury, 33rd Fighter Wing commander. “We’re nearly a year out from declaring Initial Operational Capability with the F-35. We need battle-tested pilots to help us put the F-35A through its paces and ensure we have a trained and ready force of F-35 pilots to feed into our combat air forces.”
Canterbury witnessed Mau’s leadership and combat effectiveness first-hand when they were both deployed to Afghanistan in 2011, where she was part of another important milestone for women in the combat aviation community.
While with the 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Mau was part of the first all-female combat sortie. The combat mission provided air support to coalition and Afghan forces in the Kunar Valley, Afghanistan. From the pilots and weapons system officers of the two F-15E jets to the mission planners and maintainers, the entire mission was carried out entirely by women.
“As a service, we need to attract the most innovative and skillful Airmen possible for one reason – it makes us more effective,” said Canterbury. “The broader the net that we cast into the talent pool, coupled with a laser focus on performance, ensures we have the best Airmen in place to carry out the mission. Performance is key, and it’s the standard we hold all of our Airmen to in the Air Force,” said Canterbury.
VideoDescriptionCredit: 1st Lt. Hope Cronin
Video Credits: Staff Sgt. Tarelle Walker, Airman 1st ClassHeidi Goodsell, Master Sgt. Michael Jackson, Cpl. Owen Kimbrel, Lance Cpl.Casey Scarpulla, US NavyShipUSSWasp and MC3TheodoreQuintanaThumbnail Credit: Kristi Mulder Modified by ArmedForcesUpdate

Blue Angels "Fat Albert" Female Pilot

96-year-old WWII pilot takes flight again in Tampa

At 96 years old, Bob Brocklehurst needs a little more help boarding a plane than he did back in the day. But give him a second and he's right at home inside a P-51.
MORE: http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/236287607-story

4:12

Female Pilot Surprises Flight Instructor - Maxmantv

Female Pilot Surprises Flight Instructor - Maxmantv

Female Pilot Surprises Flight Instructor - Maxmantv

This time we took the prank to the skies! We teamed up with Nadia Marcinko and the people at Warwings to prank a flight instructor in Palm Springs California. Watch what happens when Nadia goes undercover as a nerd and pretending to be clueless.
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2:21

92-year-old WW2 veteran flies Spitfire again - BBC News

92-year-old WW2 veteran flies Spitfire again - BBC News

92-year-old WW2 veteran flies Spitfire again - BBC News

92-year-old Air Transport Auxiliary veteran Joy Lofthouse returns to the skies in a Spitfire 70 years on from the end of World War 2.
Seven decades after her last flight in the iconic plane, Joy described the experience as "lovely: it was perfect", making her feel "quite young." The ATA made an enormous contribution to the war effort by taking over from service pilots the task of ferrying Royal Air Force and Royal Navy warplanes between factories, maintenance units and front-line squadrons.
This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Thursday 7 May 2015.
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6:22

Teen Pilots Dream Takes Flight

Teen Pilots Dream Takes Flight

Teen Pilots Dream Takes Flight

Teen PilotsDreamTakesFlight
15-year-old girl to fly from California to Virginia
The 15-year-old will attempt to become the youngest black female to pilot an airplane transcontinentally. She took off from Compton Airport for Newport News, Va. at about 7 a.m., Monday.
Kimberly was accompanied in the single-engine craft by Tuskegee AirmanLeviThornhill and safety pilot Ronell Norman. Thornhill was a crew chief during World War II.
They will meet other Tuskegee Airmen at stops along the flight path. Their first stop is in Arizona.
They did such a good thing, Kimberly said of the Tuskegee Airmen. Everything that they did was so amazing. When someones constantly telling you no, when someones constantly telling you that youre stupid, that you dont have the cognitive development, and that you cant do something so good, and you go out and prove them wrong — its just like, wow.
15-year-old girl to fly from California to VirginiaKimberlys flight is part of an after-school program sponsored by Tomorrows Aeronautical Museum (TAM). Kimberly has been part of the program for aspiring pilots since she was 12.
She is expected to arrive July 4.

1:09

First female F 35 pilot takes flight

First female F 35 pilot takes flight

First female F 35 pilot takes flight

15:32

‪Daughter Inspired by Magic of Aviation for 1st time with Female Pilot + Tropospheric Ducting‬

‪Daughter Inspired by Magic of Aviation for 1st time with Female Pilot + Tropospheric Ducting‬

‪Daughter Inspired by Magic of Aviation for 1st time with Female Pilot + Tropospheric Ducting‬

Introducing a child to the world of Flying is SO Rewarding!
Proud to be associated with ForeFlight: http://www.foreflight.com/flightchops/
FlightChops CONTESTS!
A new contest EVERY month; shared prizes from all our sponsors totalling over $2500!
AND this month thanks to CloudAhoy we have the 1st "Flight Chops Debrief Kit" with 2 GoPro Hero4 silvers and an intercom audio recording cable.
I amSUPER stoked to add a prize from my aviation hero Bob Hoover: "Flying the Feathered Edge" SIGNED collectible prize pack!
Please visit http://www.FlightChops.com for details!
Huge thanks to Kerry for helping make this happen!
This flight happened to be during "women in aviation week" 2016!
_____
Tropospheric Ducting - details thanks to Kerry
and William Hepburn: Http://www.dxinfocentre.com
- caused by temperature & humidity inversions
- warm dry air over cool moist air
- 4 types
1. Nighttime Tropo - radiation inversion - most common, caused by radiational cooling @ night, burns off when sun rises
2. High Pressure Tropo - subsidence inversion - causes widespread conditions day or night, caused by sinking (subsiding) air aloft
3. Frontal Tropo - frontal inversion - ahead of warm fronts & behind cold fronts - usually brief
4. Marine Tropo (a.k.a. Lake Effect Tropo in Great Lakes region) - marine inversion - warm dry air advecting over cooler waters, most common in spring/early summer
Ducting will often cause false echoes on radar (a.k.a. "AP" or anomalous propagation).
Today's ducting was "High Pressure Tropo".
http://dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html
In a typical airmass, the temperature drops as you go up in altitude and the humidity increases. Sometimes, under strong high pressure, along a weather front, or over an ocean or lake, this condition is reversed. The temperature may increase with altitude; this is called a temperature inversion. If a temperature inversion is also accompanied by a corresponding humidity inversion, then we have the necessary conditions for anomalous propagation, or "A.P."
On this chart (tephigram), we have cool moist air on surface, with milder and much drier air aloft, in this case 10% r.h. We can see the sharp boundary that separates the two airmasses just below 1500’ above ground. When VHF radio signals, that would normally head straight out into space, hit this boundary they get bent downwards and run parallel to the ground. This results in extended range and, along with that, the potential for increased interference.
This (tropospheric ducting forecast) map highlights the areas where there is a potential for A.P. to develop. In this case, propagation between Ontario and Iowa was possible.
_____
And here are more links for Kerry:
She's a meteorologist, pilot and awesome photographer.
Check out her stuff!
http://www.weatherandsky.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/weatherandsky
https://www.instagram.com/weatherandsky/
https://twitter.com/weatherandsky
_____
Sponsor / Supporter Links:
BoseAviation
http://www.bose.com/a20
The Finer Points of Flying - Jason Miller:
http://adventure.learnthefinerpoints.com
iCloth Avionics:
http://www.iclothavionics.com/flight-chops.html
Scheyden Precision Eyewear
http://www.scheyden.com
CloudAhoy
http://www.cloudahoy.com
SpectrumAirwaysFlight Training:
http://www.spectrumairways.com/
And thanks to PIVOT case!
Get yours at sporty's pilot shop!
Nonin Medical, Inc.
http://www.nonin.com/Finger-Pulse-Oximeter/Nonin-GO2-Achieve
Huge thanks to all the Supporters on Patreon! Productions like this wouldn't be possible without your help!
For those that haven't seen it, please check the Flight Chops Patreon page to find out how you can be a part of it!
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If you want to know more about how Patreon works, check out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-IDF809fQ
Flight Chops branding music featured is written and produced by Chris and Rob from "Big Honkin' Spaceship" For all your music and post sound needs, please check them out at:
http://www.bighonkinspaceship.com/
FLIGHT CHOPS DISCLAIMER:
I am a "weekend warrior" private pilot, I fly for fun with no intentions of going commercial. I have had my PPL for over 15 years, but still consider each flight a learning experience - I generally take detailed notes after each flight to remind myself what went well or what I could do to improve.... Having the GoPro cameras to record flights like this is invaluable. I find these self analysis videos very helpful in my constant quest to improve, and am happy to share. Feedback is invited; however, please keep it positive.

1:26

WORLDS BEST Female Aerobatic Aircraft pilot flying the Su-26

WORLDS BEST Female Aerobatic Aircraft pilot flying the Su-26

WORLDS BEST Female Aerobatic Aircraft pilot flying the Su-26

A great video of the worlds best aerobatic aircraft pilot Svetlana Kapanina flying the Su-26 aerobatic aircraft. Aerobatics (a portmanteau of aerial-acrobatics) is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in normal flight.[1][2] Aerobatics are performed in airplanes and gliders for training, recreation, entertainment, and sport. Additionally, some helicopters, such as the MBB Bo 105, are capable of limited aerobatic maneuvers.[3] An example of a fully aerobatic helicopter, capable of performing loops and rolls, is the Westland Lynx. The term is sometimes referred to as acrobatics, especially when translated.[citation needed]
Most aerobatic maneuvers involve rotation of the aircraft about its longitudinal (roll) axis or lateral (pitch) axis. Other maneuvers, such as a spin, displace the aircraft about its vertical (yaw) axis.[4] Maneuvers are often combined to form a complete aerobatic sequence for entertainment or competition. Aerobatic flying requires a broader set of piloting skills and exposes the aircraft to greater structural stress than for normal flight.[5] In some countries, the pilot must wear a parachute when performing aerobatics.[6]
While many pilots fly aerobatics for recreation, some choose to fly in aerobatic competitions, a refereed sport.[7]
Overview
In the early days of flying, some pilots used their aircraft as part of a flying circus to entertain. Among the earliest innovators in aerobatics the FrenchmanEuclid's name is foremost.
Maneuvers were flown for artistic reasons or to draw gasps from onlookers. In due course some of these maneuvers were found to allow aircraft to gain tactical advantage during aerial combat or dogfights between fighter aircraft.
Aerobatic aircraft fall into two categories—specialist aerobatic, and aerobatic capable. Specialist designs such as the Pitts Special, the Extra 200 and 300, and the Sukhoi Su-26M and Sukhoi Su-29 aim for ultimate aerobatic performance. This comes at the expense of general purpose use such as touring, or ease of non aerobatic handling such as landing. At a more basic level, aerobatic capable aircraft, such as the Cessna 152 Aerobat model, can be dual purpose—equipped to carrying passengers and luggage, as well as being capable of basic aerobatic figures.
Flight formation aerobatics are flown by teams of up to sixteen aircraft, although most teams fly between four and ten aircraft.[8] Some are state funded to reflect pride in the armed forces while others are commercially sponsored. Coloured smoke trails may be emitted to emphasise the patterns flown and/or the colours of a national flag. Usually each team will use aircraft similar to one another finished in a special and dramatic colour scheme, thus emphasising their entertainment function.
Teams often fly V-formations (otherwise known as echelon formation)— they will not fly directly behind another aircraft because of danger from wake vortices or engine exhaust. Aircraft will always fly slightly below the aircraft in front, if they have to follow in line (the "trail formation").
The UKSwift Aerobatic Display Team at KembleBattle of BritainWeekend 2009. A Swift glider is performing continuous full rolls while towed by a Piper PawneeAerobatic maneuvers flown in a jet-powered aircraft are limited in scope as they cannot take advantage of the gyroscopic forces that a propeller driven aircraft can exploit. Jet-powered aircraft also tend to fly much faster, which increases the size of the figures and the length of time the pilot has to withstand increased g-forces. Jet aerobatic teams often fly in formations, which further restricts the maneuvers that can be safely flown.
To enhance the effect of aerobatic maneuveres smoke is sometimes generated; the smoke allows viewers to see the path travelled by the aircraft. Due to safety concerns, the smoke is not a result of combustion but is produced by the vaporization of fog oil into a fine aerosol, achieved either by injecting the oil into the hot engine exhaust[9] or by the use of a dedicated device[10] that can be fitted in any position on the aircraft. The first military aerobatic team to use smoke at will during displays was Fleet Air Arm702 Squadron "The Black Cats" at the Farnborough Airshow in September 1957.[11]
Training[edit]
Aerobatics are taught to military fighter pilots as a means of developing flying skills and for tactical use in combat.
Aerobatics and formation flying is not limited solely to fixed-wing aircraft; the British Army, Royal Navy, Spanish Air Force and the Indian Air Force, among others, have helicopter display teams.
All aerobatic maneuvers demand training and practice to avoid accidents. Such accidents are rare but can result in fatalities. Low-level aerobatics are extremely demanding and airshow pilots must demonstrate their ability before being allowed to gradually reduce the height at which they may fly their show.
Competition[edit]

Global Girl flying a Gulfstream jet. She takes off, the alternator fails and power to some flight instruments is lost, they troubleshoot and GG continues to land the plane.
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About GG: Nadia Marcinko ('Global Girl') spent many years as an international fashion model and spokesperson, with clients including Chanel and Christian Dior. After many successful years in the modeling industry, she was ready for longer runways and became a licensed commercial pilot. Always looking for the next challenge, she continued on to become a certified flight instructor and a Gulfstream GII, GIII & GIV pilot.
The flight instruments appear to flicker throughout the flight - this is only a camera illusion. When the alternator fails, the instrument panel gets dark and then a red flag appears on the right EFIS.

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CNN Alex Quade's F-16 Ride-along With Female Thunderbird

CNN Alex Quade's F-16 Ride-along With Female Thunderbird

CNN Alex Quade's F-16 Ride-along With Female Thunderbird

Go along for the ride on an F-16 with CNN war reporter Alex Quade as she covers the inspirational story of Maj.Nicole Malachowski. See more stories at www.alexquade.com. Original CNN 2006 report:
Thunderbirds fulfill her lifelong need for speed -- Air Force Maj. Nicole Malachowski says she always has wanted to fly -- and fly fast. She got her private pilot's certificate before she got her driver's license, and she's been soaring ever since.
When Congress changed the rules in the early 1990s, allowing women to fly combat missions, her future was sealed. Now at 31, Malachowski is the newest member of the Air Force's Thunderbird demonstration squadron -- the first woman on any U.S. military high performance jet team.
"People talk about glass ceilings or breaking barriers," she said. "I don't even understand those concepts. Those words have actually never existed in my life."
She pointed to her name on the side of her F-16. "I'm so glad I live in a country where at 5 years old I can say, 'Hey I'm going to grow up and be a fighter pilot,' and here it is."
Even before she flew the No. 3 jet on the right wing of the Thunderbirds' diamond formation, Malachowski had an impressive career as a pilot.
After graduating from the U.S. AirForceAcademy in 1996, she excelled in the U.S. Air Force. She eventually served as an F-15E instructor pilot and a flight commander for a squadron of fighter jets based in the United Kingdom. Over her decade-long military career, she has amassed more than 1,600 flight hours. Nearly200 of those hours are in combat zones -- Iraq and Kosovo, where she provided close-air support for U.S. ground troops.
"When you go into combat, you kind of get into the zone like a professional athlete," she said. "You're thinking about the facts; you're thinking about the execution of the mission; you go out there and you do it. You deal with contingencies airborne, which could be getting fired at by some ground forces."
It is this take-charge attitude and her competence as a pilot that earned her the respect of her peers, despite being an overwhelming minority in her field. There are only 85 female fighter pilots in the Air Force, compared with 4,400 male fighter pilots.
"She's proven herself, and that's why she's here. And it really has nothing to do with her being female or not," her Thunderbird team leader, Lt. Col.KevinRobbins, said.
Another of her teammates, Maj. SteveHorton, agreed.
"To us, it's not she's the best female officer out there. She's the best officer out there for this job."
Like her teammates, Malachowski doesn't think being a woman sets her apart.
"To me it's just me doing my job," she said. "There is no way that any one person can do this job alone. It is an absolute team effort. You're here to look at the man and the woman to the left and to the right to applaud their strengths to work together to get a single mission done."
"There are a lot of fantastic women, female fighter pilots who are fighting the global war on terror right now," she added.
Malachowski said being the first female pilot with the Thunderbirds isn't even her greatest achievement. She's proudest of leading the first fighter-jet team to provide security for Iraq's democratic elections.
"I was able to witness with my very own eyes, a very historic day. We're talking about thousands of Iraqi people, literally risking their own lives to stand in line to get the opportunity to vote, to get the opportunity that we as Americans sometimes take for granted," she said.
Despite her nonchalance, she's paved the way for future elite female fighter pilots. Young girls clamor for her autograph at testosterone-packed air shows across the nation. They want an closer look at their airborne heroine. And another woman, Capt. SamanthaWeeks, is in training for the next Thunderbirds pilot spot.
But for Malachowski, this is just the execution of another mission, her life's dream.
"It's when you land and you take off that G-suit and you look at your buddies, you have that 'ah-ha' moment where you relax and go, 'Phew!'" Malachowski said.

Blue Angels "Fat Albert" Female Pilot

96-year-old WWII pilot takes flight again in Tampa

At 96 years old, Bob Brocklehurst needs a little more help boarding a plane than he did back in the day. But give him a second and he's right at home inside a P-51.
MORE: http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/236287607-story

published: 17 Feb 2017

Female Pilot Surprises Flight Instructor - Maxmantv

This time we took the prank to the skies! We teamed up with Nadia Marcinko and the people at Warwings to prank a flight instructor in Palm Springs California. Watch what happens when Nadia goes undercover as a nerd and pretending to be clueless.
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published: 22 Aug 2017

92-year-old WW2 veteran flies Spitfire again - BBC News

92-year-old Air Transport Auxiliary veteran Joy Lofthouse returns to the skies in a Spitfire 70 years on from the end of World War 2.
Seven decades after her last flight in the iconic plane, Joy described the experience as "lovely: it was perfect", making her feel "quite young." The ATA made an enormous contribution to the war effort by taking over from service pilots the task of ferrying Royal Air Force and Royal Navy warplanes between factories, maintenance units and front-line squadrons.
This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Thursday 7 May 2015.
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First female F 35 pilot takes flight

published: 07 May 2015

‪Daughter Inspired by Magic of Aviation for 1st time with Female Pilot + Tropospheric Ducting‬

Introducing a child to the world of Flying is SO Rewarding!
Proud to be associated with ForeFlight: http://www.foreflight.com/flightchops/
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A new contest EVERY month; shared prizes from all our sponsors totalling over $2500!
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I amSUPER stoked to add a prize from my aviation hero Bob Hoover: "Flying the Feathered Edge" SIGNED collectible prize pack!
Please visit http://www.FlightChops.com for details!
Huge thanks to Kerry for helping make this happen!
This flight happened to be during "women in aviation week" 2016!
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Tropospheric Ducting - details thanks to Kerry
and William Hepburn: Http://www.dxinfocentre.com
...

published: 15 Apr 2016

WORLDS BEST Female Aerobatic Aircraft pilot flying the Su-26

A great video of the worlds best aerobatic aircraft pilot Svetlana Kapanina flying the Su-26 aerobatic aircraft. Aerobatics (a portmanteau of aerial-acrobatics) is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in normal flight.[1][2] Aerobatics are performed in airplanes and gliders for training, recreation, entertainment, and sport. Additionally, some helicopters, such as the MBB Bo 105, are capable of limited aerobatic maneuvers.[3] An example of a fully aerobatic helicopter, capable of performing loops and rolls, is the Westland Lynx. The term is sometimes referred to as acrobatics, especially when translated.[citation needed]
Most aerobatic maneuvers involve rotation of the aircraft about its longitudinal (roll) axis or lateral (pitch) axis. Other man...

Global Girl flying a Gulfstream jet. She takes off, the alternator fails and power to some flight instruments is lost, they troubleshoot and GG continues to land the plane.
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About GG: Nadia Marcinko ('Global Girl') spent many years as an international fashion model and spokesperson, with clients including Chanel and Christian Dior. After many successful years in the modeling industry, she was ready for longer runways and became a licensed commercial pilot. Always looking for the next challenge, she continued on to become a certified flight instructor and a Gulfstream GII, GIII &...

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CNN Alex Quade's F-16 Ride-along With Female Thunderbird

Go along for the ride on an F-16 with CNN war reporter Alex Quade as she covers the inspirational story of Maj.Nicole Malachowski. See more stories at www.alexquade.com. Original CNN 2006 report:
Thunderbirds fulfill her lifelong need for speed -- Air Force Maj. Nicole Malachowski says she always has wanted to fly -- and fly fast. She got her private pilot's certificate before she got her driver's license, and she's been soaring ever since.
When Congress changed the rules in the early 1990s, allowing women to fly combat missions, her future was sealed. Now at 31, Malachowski is the newest member of the Air Force's Thunderbird demonstration squadron -- the first woman on any U.S. military high performance jet team.
"People talk about glass ceilings or breaking barriers," she said. "I don...

The very first female pilot to fly the US Air ForceF-35 fighter aircraft. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine aircraft.
EGLIN AIRFORCEBASE, Fla. - Lt. Col.Christine Mau, 33rd Fighter WingOperations Group deputy commander, completed her first training flight in the single-seat fifth-generation fighter following 14 virtual training missions in the Full MissionSimulator at the F-35 Academic TrainingCenter.
“It wasn’t until I was taxiing to the runway that it really struck me that I was on my own in the jet,” said Mau, formerly an F-15E Strike Eagle pilot. “I had a chase aircraft, but there was no weapons system officer or instructor pilot sitting behind me, and no one in my ear like in simulators.”
And with that, like the other 87 F-35A pilots trained over the last four years at Eglin, Mau thundered down the runway and was airborne as the first woman in the Air Force’s premier fighter.
“It felt great to get airborne. The jet flies like a dream, and seeing the systems interact is impressive. Flying with the Helmet Mounted Display takes some adjusting, but it’s an easy adjustment,” said Mau. “The training missions in the simulator prepare you very well, so you’re ready for that flight.”
The initial flight in the F-35 training syllabus is designed to orient pilots with the physical aspects of flying the F-35 compared to other fighters they’ve flown previously, such as the F-15E Strike Eagle, F-15C Eagle, F-16 Falcon, A-10 Warthog or F-22 Raptor.
Women have served in combat aviation roles in those and other aircraft for more than 20 years.
Mau acknowledged that although she may be the first female in the F-35 program, her gender has no bearing on her performance as a fighter pilot.
Mau joked that the only difference between her and her fellow F-35 pilots is the size of her G-suit and facemask.
They are both extra-small.
“Flying is a great equalizer,” said Mau. “The plane doesn’t know or care about your gender as a pilot, nor do the ground troops who need your support. You just have to perform. That’s all anyone cares about when you’re up there – that you can do your job, and that you do it exceptionally well.”
Mau’s combat experience and technical prowess in the cockpit were the primary draws for her selection to her position with the 33rd Operations Group.
“Lt. Col. Mau brings a valuable level of combat and operational knowledge to our team,” said Col. ToddCanterbury, 33rd Fighter Wing commander. “We’re nearly a year out from declaring Initial Operational Capability with the F-35. We need battle-tested pilots to help us put the F-35A through its paces and ensure we have a trained and ready force of F-35 pilots to feed into our combat air forces.”
Canterbury witnessed Mau’s leadership and combat effectiveness first-hand when they were both deployed to Afghanistan in 2011, where she was part of another important milestone for women in the combat aviation community.
While with the 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Mau was part of the first all-female combat sortie. The combat mission provided air support to coalition and Afghan forces in the Kunar Valley, Afghanistan. From the pilots and weapons system officers of the two F-15E jets to the mission planners and maintainers, the entire mission was carried out entirely by women.
“As a service, we need to attract the most innovative and skillful Airmen possible for one reason – it makes us more effective,” said Canterbury. “The broader the net that we cast into the talent pool, coupled with a laser focus on performance, ensures we have the best Airmen in place to carry out the mission. Performance is key, and it’s the standard we hold all of our Airmen to in the Air Force,” said Canterbury.
VideoDescriptionCredit: 1st Lt. Hope Cronin
Video Credits: Staff Sgt. Tarelle Walker, Airman 1st ClassHeidi Goodsell, Master Sgt. Michael Jackson, Cpl. Owen Kimbrel, Lance Cpl.Casey Scarpulla, US NavyShipUSSWasp and MC3TheodoreQuintanaThumbnail Credit: Kristi Mulder Modified by ArmedForcesUpdate

The very first female pilot to fly the US Air ForceF-35 fighter aircraft. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine aircraft.
EGLIN AIRFORCEBASE, Fla. - Lt. Col.Christine Mau, 33rd Fighter WingOperations Group deputy commander, completed her first training flight in the single-seat fifth-generation fighter following 14 virtual training missions in the Full MissionSimulator at the F-35 Academic TrainingCenter.
“It wasn’t until I was taxiing to the runway that it really struck me that I was on my own in the jet,” said Mau, formerly an F-15E Strike Eagle pilot. “I had a chase aircraft, but there was no weapons system officer or instructor pilot sitting behind me, and no one in my ear like in simulators.”
And with that, like the other 87 F-35A pilots trained over the last four years at Eglin, Mau thundered down the runway and was airborne as the first woman in the Air Force’s premier fighter.
“It felt great to get airborne. The jet flies like a dream, and seeing the systems interact is impressive. Flying with the Helmet Mounted Display takes some adjusting, but it’s an easy adjustment,” said Mau. “The training missions in the simulator prepare you very well, so you’re ready for that flight.”
The initial flight in the F-35 training syllabus is designed to orient pilots with the physical aspects of flying the F-35 compared to other fighters they’ve flown previously, such as the F-15E Strike Eagle, F-15C Eagle, F-16 Falcon, A-10 Warthog or F-22 Raptor.
Women have served in combat aviation roles in those and other aircraft for more than 20 years.
Mau acknowledged that although she may be the first female in the F-35 program, her gender has no bearing on her performance as a fighter pilot.
Mau joked that the only difference between her and her fellow F-35 pilots is the size of her G-suit and facemask.
They are both extra-small.
“Flying is a great equalizer,” said Mau. “The plane doesn’t know or care about your gender as a pilot, nor do the ground troops who need your support. You just have to perform. That’s all anyone cares about when you’re up there – that you can do your job, and that you do it exceptionally well.”
Mau’s combat experience and technical prowess in the cockpit were the primary draws for her selection to her position with the 33rd Operations Group.
“Lt. Col. Mau brings a valuable level of combat and operational knowledge to our team,” said Col. ToddCanterbury, 33rd Fighter Wing commander. “We’re nearly a year out from declaring Initial Operational Capability with the F-35. We need battle-tested pilots to help us put the F-35A through its paces and ensure we have a trained and ready force of F-35 pilots to feed into our combat air forces.”
Canterbury witnessed Mau’s leadership and combat effectiveness first-hand when they were both deployed to Afghanistan in 2011, where she was part of another important milestone for women in the combat aviation community.
While with the 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Mau was part of the first all-female combat sortie. The combat mission provided air support to coalition and Afghan forces in the Kunar Valley, Afghanistan. From the pilots and weapons system officers of the two F-15E jets to the mission planners and maintainers, the entire mission was carried out entirely by women.
“As a service, we need to attract the most innovative and skillful Airmen possible for one reason – it makes us more effective,” said Canterbury. “The broader the net that we cast into the talent pool, coupled with a laser focus on performance, ensures we have the best Airmen in place to carry out the mission. Performance is key, and it’s the standard we hold all of our Airmen to in the Air Force,” said Canterbury.
VideoDescriptionCredit: 1st Lt. Hope Cronin
Video Credits: Staff Sgt. Tarelle Walker, Airman 1st ClassHeidi Goodsell, Master Sgt. Michael Jackson, Cpl. Owen Kimbrel, Lance Cpl.Casey Scarpulla, US NavyShipUSSWasp and MC3TheodoreQuintanaThumbnail Credit: Kristi Mulder Modified by ArmedForcesUpdate

96-year-old WWII pilot takes flight again in Tampa

At 96 years old, Bob Brocklehurst needs a little more help boarding a plane than he did back in the day. But give him a second and he's right at home inside a ...

At 96 years old, Bob Brocklehurst needs a little more help boarding a plane than he did back in the day. But give him a second and he's right at home inside a P-51.
MORE: http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/236287607-story

At 96 years old, Bob Brocklehurst needs a little more help boarding a plane than he did back in the day. But give him a second and he's right at home inside a P-51.
MORE: http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/236287607-story

This time we took the prank to the skies! We teamed up with Nadia Marcinko and the people at Warwings to prank a flight instructor in Palm Springs California. Watch what happens when Nadia goes undercover as a nerd and pretending to be clueless.
Download the game now: Android - https://goo.gl/pwKmM5
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This time we took the prank to the skies! We teamed up with Nadia Marcinko and the people at Warwings to prank a flight instructor in Palm Springs California. Watch what happens when Nadia goes undercover as a nerd and pretending to be clueless.
Download the game now: Android - https://goo.gl/pwKmM5
iOS - https://goo.gl/zYBcBb
https://www.facebook.com/maxmantv.official/
For video usage and enquiries email us at contactus@maxman.tv

92-year-old Air Transport Auxiliary veteran Joy Lofthouse returns to the skies in a Spitfire 70 years on from the end of World War 2.
Seven decades after her last flight in the iconic plane, Joy described the experience as "lovely: it was perfect", making her feel "quite young." The ATA made an enormous contribution to the war effort by taking over from service pilots the task of ferrying Royal Air Force and Royal Navy warplanes between factories, maintenance units and front-line squadrons.
This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Thursday 7 May 2015.
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92-year-old Air Transport Auxiliary veteran Joy Lofthouse returns to the skies in a Spitfire 70 years on from the end of World War 2.
Seven decades after her last flight in the iconic plane, Joy described the experience as "lovely: it was perfect", making her feel "quite young." The ATA made an enormous contribution to the war effort by taking over from service pilots the task of ferrying Royal Air Force and Royal Navy warplanes between factories, maintenance units and front-line squadrons.
This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Thursday 7 May 2015.
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Teen PilotsDreamTakesFlight
15-year-old girl to fly from California to Virginia
The 15-year-old will attempt to become the youngest black female to pilot an airplane transcontinentally. She took off from Compton Airport for Newport News, Va. at about 7 a.m., Monday.
Kimberly was accompanied in the single-engine craft by Tuskegee AirmanLeviThornhill and safety pilot Ronell Norman. Thornhill was a crew chief during World War II.
They will meet other Tuskegee Airmen at stops along the flight path. Their first stop is in Arizona.
They did such a good thing, Kimberly said of the Tuskegee Airmen. Everything that they did was so amazing. When someones constantly telling you no, when someones constantly telling you that youre stupid, that you dont have the cognitive development, and that you cant do something so good, and you go out and prove them wrong — its just like, wow.
15-year-old girl to fly from California to VirginiaKimberlys flight is part of an after-school program sponsored by Tomorrows Aeronautical Museum (TAM). Kimberly has been part of the program for aspiring pilots since she was 12.
She is expected to arrive July 4.

Teen PilotsDreamTakesFlight
15-year-old girl to fly from California to Virginia
The 15-year-old will attempt to become the youngest black female to pilot an airplane transcontinentally. She took off from Compton Airport for Newport News, Va. at about 7 a.m., Monday.
Kimberly was accompanied in the single-engine craft by Tuskegee AirmanLeviThornhill and safety pilot Ronell Norman. Thornhill was a crew chief during World War II.
They will meet other Tuskegee Airmen at stops along the flight path. Their first stop is in Arizona.
They did such a good thing, Kimberly said of the Tuskegee Airmen. Everything that they did was so amazing. When someones constantly telling you no, when someones constantly telling you that youre stupid, that you dont have the cognitive development, and that you cant do something so good, and you go out and prove them wrong — its just like, wow.
15-year-old girl to fly from California to VirginiaKimberlys flight is part of an after-school program sponsored by Tomorrows Aeronautical Museum (TAM). Kimberly has been part of the program for aspiring pilots since she was 12.
She is expected to arrive July 4.

Introducing a child to the world of Flying is SO Rewarding!
Proud to be associated with ForeFlight: http://www.foreflight.com/flightchops/
FlightChops CONTESTS!
A new contest EVERY month; shared prizes from all our sponsors totalling over $2500!
AND this month thanks to CloudAhoy we have the 1st "Flight Chops Debrief Kit" with 2 GoPro Hero4 silvers and an intercom audio recording cable.
I amSUPER stoked to add a prize from my aviation hero Bob Hoover: "Flying the Feathered Edge" SIGNED collectible prize pack!
Please visit http://www.FlightChops.com for details!
Huge thanks to Kerry for helping make this happen!
This flight happened to be during "women in aviation week" 2016!
_____
Tropospheric Ducting - details thanks to Kerry
and William Hepburn: Http://www.dxinfocentre.com
- caused by temperature & humidity inversions
- warm dry air over cool moist air
- 4 types
1. Nighttime Tropo - radiation inversion - most common, caused by radiational cooling @ night, burns off when sun rises
2. High Pressure Tropo - subsidence inversion - causes widespread conditions day or night, caused by sinking (subsiding) air aloft
3. Frontal Tropo - frontal inversion - ahead of warm fronts & behind cold fronts - usually brief
4. Marine Tropo (a.k.a. Lake Effect Tropo in Great Lakes region) - marine inversion - warm dry air advecting over cooler waters, most common in spring/early summer
Ducting will often cause false echoes on radar (a.k.a. "AP" or anomalous propagation).
Today's ducting was "High Pressure Tropo".
http://dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html
In a typical airmass, the temperature drops as you go up in altitude and the humidity increases. Sometimes, under strong high pressure, along a weather front, or over an ocean or lake, this condition is reversed. The temperature may increase with altitude; this is called a temperature inversion. If a temperature inversion is also accompanied by a corresponding humidity inversion, then we have the necessary conditions for anomalous propagation, or "A.P."
On this chart (tephigram), we have cool moist air on surface, with milder and much drier air aloft, in this case 10% r.h. We can see the sharp boundary that separates the two airmasses just below 1500’ above ground. When VHF radio signals, that would normally head straight out into space, hit this boundary they get bent downwards and run parallel to the ground. This results in extended range and, along with that, the potential for increased interference.
This (tropospheric ducting forecast) map highlights the areas where there is a potential for A.P. to develop. In this case, propagation between Ontario and Iowa was possible.
_____
And here are more links for Kerry:
She's a meteorologist, pilot and awesome photographer.
Check out her stuff!
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https://www.youtube.com/user/weatherandsky
https://www.instagram.com/weatherandsky/
https://twitter.com/weatherandsky
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I am a "weekend warrior" private pilot, I fly for fun with no intentions of going commercial. I have had my PPL for over 15 years, but still consider each flight a learning experience - I generally take detailed notes after each flight to remind myself what went well or what I could do to improve.... Having the GoPro cameras to record flights like this is invaluable. I find these self analysis videos very helpful in my constant quest to improve, and am happy to share. Feedback is invited; however, please keep it positive.

Introducing a child to the world of Flying is SO Rewarding!
Proud to be associated with ForeFlight: http://www.foreflight.com/flightchops/
FlightChops CONTESTS!
A new contest EVERY month; shared prizes from all our sponsors totalling over $2500!
AND this month thanks to CloudAhoy we have the 1st "Flight Chops Debrief Kit" with 2 GoPro Hero4 silvers and an intercom audio recording cable.
I amSUPER stoked to add a prize from my aviation hero Bob Hoover: "Flying the Feathered Edge" SIGNED collectible prize pack!
Please visit http://www.FlightChops.com for details!
Huge thanks to Kerry for helping make this happen!
This flight happened to be during "women in aviation week" 2016!
_____
Tropospheric Ducting - details thanks to Kerry
and William Hepburn: Http://www.dxinfocentre.com
- caused by temperature & humidity inversions
- warm dry air over cool moist air
- 4 types
1. Nighttime Tropo - radiation inversion - most common, caused by radiational cooling @ night, burns off when sun rises
2. High Pressure Tropo - subsidence inversion - causes widespread conditions day or night, caused by sinking (subsiding) air aloft
3. Frontal Tropo - frontal inversion - ahead of warm fronts & behind cold fronts - usually brief
4. Marine Tropo (a.k.a. Lake Effect Tropo in Great Lakes region) - marine inversion - warm dry air advecting over cooler waters, most common in spring/early summer
Ducting will often cause false echoes on radar (a.k.a. "AP" or anomalous propagation).
Today's ducting was "High Pressure Tropo".
http://dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html
In a typical airmass, the temperature drops as you go up in altitude and the humidity increases. Sometimes, under strong high pressure, along a weather front, or over an ocean or lake, this condition is reversed. The temperature may increase with altitude; this is called a temperature inversion. If a temperature inversion is also accompanied by a corresponding humidity inversion, then we have the necessary conditions for anomalous propagation, or "A.P."
On this chart (tephigram), we have cool moist air on surface, with milder and much drier air aloft, in this case 10% r.h. We can see the sharp boundary that separates the two airmasses just below 1500’ above ground. When VHF radio signals, that would normally head straight out into space, hit this boundary they get bent downwards and run parallel to the ground. This results in extended range and, along with that, the potential for increased interference.
This (tropospheric ducting forecast) map highlights the areas where there is a potential for A.P. to develop. In this case, propagation between Ontario and Iowa was possible.
_____
And here are more links for Kerry:
She's a meteorologist, pilot and awesome photographer.
Check out her stuff!
http://www.weatherandsky.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/weatherandsky
https://www.instagram.com/weatherandsky/
https://twitter.com/weatherandsky
_____
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A great video of the worlds best aerobatic aircraft pilot Svetlana Kapanina flying the Su-26 aerobatic aircraft. Aerobatics (a portmanteau of aerial-acrobatics) is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in normal flight.[1][2] Aerobatics are performed in airplanes and gliders for training, recreation, entertainment, and sport. Additionally, some helicopters, such as the MBB Bo 105, are capable of limited aerobatic maneuvers.[3] An example of a fully aerobatic helicopter, capable of performing loops and rolls, is the Westland Lynx. The term is sometimes referred to as acrobatics, especially when translated.[citation needed]
Most aerobatic maneuvers involve rotation of the aircraft about its longitudinal (roll) axis or lateral (pitch) axis. Other maneuvers, such as a spin, displace the aircraft about its vertical (yaw) axis.[4] Maneuvers are often combined to form a complete aerobatic sequence for entertainment or competition. Aerobatic flying requires a broader set of piloting skills and exposes the aircraft to greater structural stress than for normal flight.[5] In some countries, the pilot must wear a parachute when performing aerobatics.[6]
While many pilots fly aerobatics for recreation, some choose to fly in aerobatic competitions, a refereed sport.[7]
Overview
In the early days of flying, some pilots used their aircraft as part of a flying circus to entertain. Among the earliest innovators in aerobatics the FrenchmanEuclid's name is foremost.
Maneuvers were flown for artistic reasons or to draw gasps from onlookers. In due course some of these maneuvers were found to allow aircraft to gain tactical advantage during aerial combat or dogfights between fighter aircraft.
Aerobatic aircraft fall into two categories—specialist aerobatic, and aerobatic capable. Specialist designs such as the Pitts Special, the Extra 200 and 300, and the Sukhoi Su-26M and Sukhoi Su-29 aim for ultimate aerobatic performance. This comes at the expense of general purpose use such as touring, or ease of non aerobatic handling such as landing. At a more basic level, aerobatic capable aircraft, such as the Cessna 152 Aerobat model, can be dual purpose—equipped to carrying passengers and luggage, as well as being capable of basic aerobatic figures.
Flight formation aerobatics are flown by teams of up to sixteen aircraft, although most teams fly between four and ten aircraft.[8] Some are state funded to reflect pride in the armed forces while others are commercially sponsored. Coloured smoke trails may be emitted to emphasise the patterns flown and/or the colours of a national flag. Usually each team will use aircraft similar to one another finished in a special and dramatic colour scheme, thus emphasising their entertainment function.
Teams often fly V-formations (otherwise known as echelon formation)— they will not fly directly behind another aircraft because of danger from wake vortices or engine exhaust. Aircraft will always fly slightly below the aircraft in front, if they have to follow in line (the "trail formation").
The UKSwift Aerobatic Display Team at KembleBattle of BritainWeekend 2009. A Swift glider is performing continuous full rolls while towed by a Piper PawneeAerobatic maneuvers flown in a jet-powered aircraft are limited in scope as they cannot take advantage of the gyroscopic forces that a propeller driven aircraft can exploit. Jet-powered aircraft also tend to fly much faster, which increases the size of the figures and the length of time the pilot has to withstand increased g-forces. Jet aerobatic teams often fly in formations, which further restricts the maneuvers that can be safely flown.
To enhance the effect of aerobatic maneuveres smoke is sometimes generated; the smoke allows viewers to see the path travelled by the aircraft. Due to safety concerns, the smoke is not a result of combustion but is produced by the vaporization of fog oil into a fine aerosol, achieved either by injecting the oil into the hot engine exhaust[9] or by the use of a dedicated device[10] that can be fitted in any position on the aircraft. The first military aerobatic team to use smoke at will during displays was Fleet Air Arm702 Squadron "The Black Cats" at the Farnborough Airshow in September 1957.[11]
Training[edit]
Aerobatics are taught to military fighter pilots as a means of developing flying skills and for tactical use in combat.
Aerobatics and formation flying is not limited solely to fixed-wing aircraft; the British Army, Royal Navy, Spanish Air Force and the Indian Air Force, among others, have helicopter display teams.
All aerobatic maneuvers demand training and practice to avoid accidents. Such accidents are rare but can result in fatalities. Low-level aerobatics are extremely demanding and airshow pilots must demonstrate their ability before being allowed to gradually reduce the height at which they may fly their show.
Competition[edit]

A great video of the worlds best aerobatic aircraft pilot Svetlana Kapanina flying the Su-26 aerobatic aircraft. Aerobatics (a portmanteau of aerial-acrobatics) is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in normal flight.[1][2] Aerobatics are performed in airplanes and gliders for training, recreation, entertainment, and sport. Additionally, some helicopters, such as the MBB Bo 105, are capable of limited aerobatic maneuvers.[3] An example of a fully aerobatic helicopter, capable of performing loops and rolls, is the Westland Lynx. The term is sometimes referred to as acrobatics, especially when translated.[citation needed]
Most aerobatic maneuvers involve rotation of the aircraft about its longitudinal (roll) axis or lateral (pitch) axis. Other maneuvers, such as a spin, displace the aircraft about its vertical (yaw) axis.[4] Maneuvers are often combined to form a complete aerobatic sequence for entertainment or competition. Aerobatic flying requires a broader set of piloting skills and exposes the aircraft to greater structural stress than for normal flight.[5] In some countries, the pilot must wear a parachute when performing aerobatics.[6]
While many pilots fly aerobatics for recreation, some choose to fly in aerobatic competitions, a refereed sport.[7]
Overview
In the early days of flying, some pilots used their aircraft as part of a flying circus to entertain. Among the earliest innovators in aerobatics the FrenchmanEuclid's name is foremost.
Maneuvers were flown for artistic reasons or to draw gasps from onlookers. In due course some of these maneuvers were found to allow aircraft to gain tactical advantage during aerial combat or dogfights between fighter aircraft.
Aerobatic aircraft fall into two categories—specialist aerobatic, and aerobatic capable. Specialist designs such as the Pitts Special, the Extra 200 and 300, and the Sukhoi Su-26M and Sukhoi Su-29 aim for ultimate aerobatic performance. This comes at the expense of general purpose use such as touring, or ease of non aerobatic handling such as landing. At a more basic level, aerobatic capable aircraft, such as the Cessna 152 Aerobat model, can be dual purpose—equipped to carrying passengers and luggage, as well as being capable of basic aerobatic figures.
Flight formation aerobatics are flown by teams of up to sixteen aircraft, although most teams fly between four and ten aircraft.[8] Some are state funded to reflect pride in the armed forces while others are commercially sponsored. Coloured smoke trails may be emitted to emphasise the patterns flown and/or the colours of a national flag. Usually each team will use aircraft similar to one another finished in a special and dramatic colour scheme, thus emphasising their entertainment function.
Teams often fly V-formations (otherwise known as echelon formation)— they will not fly directly behind another aircraft because of danger from wake vortices or engine exhaust. Aircraft will always fly slightly below the aircraft in front, if they have to follow in line (the "trail formation").
The UKSwift Aerobatic Display Team at KembleBattle of BritainWeekend 2009. A Swift glider is performing continuous full rolls while towed by a Piper PawneeAerobatic maneuvers flown in a jet-powered aircraft are limited in scope as they cannot take advantage of the gyroscopic forces that a propeller driven aircraft can exploit. Jet-powered aircraft also tend to fly much faster, which increases the size of the figures and the length of time the pilot has to withstand increased g-forces. Jet aerobatic teams often fly in formations, which further restricts the maneuvers that can be safely flown.
To enhance the effect of aerobatic maneuveres smoke is sometimes generated; the smoke allows viewers to see the path travelled by the aircraft. Due to safety concerns, the smoke is not a result of combustion but is produced by the vaporization of fog oil into a fine aerosol, achieved either by injecting the oil into the hot engine exhaust[9] or by the use of a dedicated device[10] that can be fitted in any position on the aircraft. The first military aerobatic team to use smoke at will during displays was Fleet Air Arm702 Squadron "The Black Cats" at the Farnborough Airshow in September 1957.[11]
Training[edit]
Aerobatics are taught to military fighter pilots as a means of developing flying skills and for tactical use in combat.
Aerobatics and formation flying is not limited solely to fixed-wing aircraft; the British Army, Royal Navy, Spanish Air Force and the Indian Air Force, among others, have helicopter display teams.
All aerobatic maneuvers demand training and practice to avoid accidents. Such accidents are rare but can result in fatalities. Low-level aerobatics are extremely demanding and airshow pilots must demonstrate their ability before being allowed to gradually reduce the height at which they may fly their show.
Competition[edit]

Global Girl flying a Gulfstream jet. She takes off, the alternator fails and power to some flight instruments is lost, they troubleshoot and GG continues to lan...

Global Girl flying a Gulfstream jet. She takes off, the alternator fails and power to some flight instruments is lost, they troubleshoot and GG continues to land the plane.
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About GG: Nadia Marcinko ('Global Girl') spent many years as an international fashion model and spokesperson, with clients including Chanel and Christian Dior. After many successful years in the modeling industry, she was ready for longer runways and became a licensed commercial pilot. Always looking for the next challenge, she continued on to become a certified flight instructor and a Gulfstream GII, GIII & GIV pilot.
The flight instruments appear to flicker throughout the flight - this is only a camera illusion. When the alternator fails, the instrument panel gets dark and then a red flag appears on the right EFIS.

Global Girl flying a Gulfstream jet. She takes off, the alternator fails and power to some flight instruments is lost, they troubleshoot and GG continues to land the plane.
Follow GG's flying adventures:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GlobalGirlAviation
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FlyGlobalGirl
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About me: http://about.me/nadiamarcinko
About GG: Nadia Marcinko ('Global Girl') spent many years as an international fashion model and spokesperson, with clients including Chanel and Christian Dior. After many successful years in the modeling industry, she was ready for longer runways and became a licensed commercial pilot. Always looking for the next challenge, she continued on to become a certified flight instructor and a Gulfstream GII, GIII & GIV pilot.
The flight instruments appear to flicker throughout the flight - this is only a camera illusion. When the alternator fails, the instrument panel gets dark and then a red flag appears on the right EFIS.

CNN Alex Quade's F-16 Ride-along With Female Thunderbird

Go along for the ride on an F-16 with CNN war reporter Alex Quade as she covers the inspirational story of Maj.Nicole Malachowski. See more stories at www.alexq...

Go along for the ride on an F-16 with CNN war reporter Alex Quade as she covers the inspirational story of Maj.Nicole Malachowski. See more stories at www.alexquade.com. Original CNN 2006 report:
Thunderbirds fulfill her lifelong need for speed -- Air Force Maj. Nicole Malachowski says she always has wanted to fly -- and fly fast. She got her private pilot's certificate before she got her driver's license, and she's been soaring ever since.
When Congress changed the rules in the early 1990s, allowing women to fly combat missions, her future was sealed. Now at 31, Malachowski is the newest member of the Air Force's Thunderbird demonstration squadron -- the first woman on any U.S. military high performance jet team.
"People talk about glass ceilings or breaking barriers," she said. "I don't even understand those concepts. Those words have actually never existed in my life."
She pointed to her name on the side of her F-16. "I'm so glad I live in a country where at 5 years old I can say, 'Hey I'm going to grow up and be a fighter pilot,' and here it is."
Even before she flew the No. 3 jet on the right wing of the Thunderbirds' diamond formation, Malachowski had an impressive career as a pilot.
After graduating from the U.S. AirForceAcademy in 1996, she excelled in the U.S. Air Force. She eventually served as an F-15E instructor pilot and a flight commander for a squadron of fighter jets based in the United Kingdom. Over her decade-long military career, she has amassed more than 1,600 flight hours. Nearly200 of those hours are in combat zones -- Iraq and Kosovo, where she provided close-air support for U.S. ground troops.
"When you go into combat, you kind of get into the zone like a professional athlete," she said. "You're thinking about the facts; you're thinking about the execution of the mission; you go out there and you do it. You deal with contingencies airborne, which could be getting fired at by some ground forces."
It is this take-charge attitude and her competence as a pilot that earned her the respect of her peers, despite being an overwhelming minority in her field. There are only 85 female fighter pilots in the Air Force, compared with 4,400 male fighter pilots.
"She's proven herself, and that's why she's here. And it really has nothing to do with her being female or not," her Thunderbird team leader, Lt. Col.KevinRobbins, said.
Another of her teammates, Maj. SteveHorton, agreed.
"To us, it's not she's the best female officer out there. She's the best officer out there for this job."
Like her teammates, Malachowski doesn't think being a woman sets her apart.
"To me it's just me doing my job," she said. "There is no way that any one person can do this job alone. It is an absolute team effort. You're here to look at the man and the woman to the left and to the right to applaud their strengths to work together to get a single mission done."
"There are a lot of fantastic women, female fighter pilots who are fighting the global war on terror right now," she added.
Malachowski said being the first female pilot with the Thunderbirds isn't even her greatest achievement. She's proudest of leading the first fighter-jet team to provide security for Iraq's democratic elections.
"I was able to witness with my very own eyes, a very historic day. We're talking about thousands of Iraqi people, literally risking their own lives to stand in line to get the opportunity to vote, to get the opportunity that we as Americans sometimes take for granted," she said.
Despite her nonchalance, she's paved the way for future elite female fighter pilots. Young girls clamor for her autograph at testosterone-packed air shows across the nation. They want an closer look at their airborne heroine. And another woman, Capt. SamanthaWeeks, is in training for the next Thunderbirds pilot spot.
But for Malachowski, this is just the execution of another mission, her life's dream.
"It's when you land and you take off that G-suit and you look at your buddies, you have that 'ah-ha' moment where you relax and go, 'Phew!'" Malachowski said.

Go along for the ride on an F-16 with CNN war reporter Alex Quade as she covers the inspirational story of Maj.Nicole Malachowski. See more stories at www.alexquade.com. Original CNN 2006 report:
Thunderbirds fulfill her lifelong need for speed -- Air Force Maj. Nicole Malachowski says she always has wanted to fly -- and fly fast. She got her private pilot's certificate before she got her driver's license, and she's been soaring ever since.
When Congress changed the rules in the early 1990s, allowing women to fly combat missions, her future was sealed. Now at 31, Malachowski is the newest member of the Air Force's Thunderbird demonstration squadron -- the first woman on any U.S. military high performance jet team.
"People talk about glass ceilings or breaking barriers," she said. "I don't even understand those concepts. Those words have actually never existed in my life."
She pointed to her name on the side of her F-16. "I'm so glad I live in a country where at 5 years old I can say, 'Hey I'm going to grow up and be a fighter pilot,' and here it is."
Even before she flew the No. 3 jet on the right wing of the Thunderbirds' diamond formation, Malachowski had an impressive career as a pilot.
After graduating from the U.S. AirForceAcademy in 1996, she excelled in the U.S. Air Force. She eventually served as an F-15E instructor pilot and a flight commander for a squadron of fighter jets based in the United Kingdom. Over her decade-long military career, she has amassed more than 1,600 flight hours. Nearly200 of those hours are in combat zones -- Iraq and Kosovo, where she provided close-air support for U.S. ground troops.
"When you go into combat, you kind of get into the zone like a professional athlete," she said. "You're thinking about the facts; you're thinking about the execution of the mission; you go out there and you do it. You deal with contingencies airborne, which could be getting fired at by some ground forces."
It is this take-charge attitude and her competence as a pilot that earned her the respect of her peers, despite being an overwhelming minority in her field. There are only 85 female fighter pilots in the Air Force, compared with 4,400 male fighter pilots.
"She's proven herself, and that's why she's here. And it really has nothing to do with her being female or not," her Thunderbird team leader, Lt. Col.KevinRobbins, said.
Another of her teammates, Maj. SteveHorton, agreed.
"To us, it's not she's the best female officer out there. She's the best officer out there for this job."
Like her teammates, Malachowski doesn't think being a woman sets her apart.
"To me it's just me doing my job," she said. "There is no way that any one person can do this job alone. It is an absolute team effort. You're here to look at the man and the woman to the left and to the right to applaud their strengths to work together to get a single mission done."
"There are a lot of fantastic women, female fighter pilots who are fighting the global war on terror right now," she added.
Malachowski said being the first female pilot with the Thunderbirds isn't even her greatest achievement. She's proudest of leading the first fighter-jet team to provide security for Iraq's democratic elections.
"I was able to witness with my very own eyes, a very historic day. We're talking about thousands of Iraqi people, literally risking their own lives to stand in line to get the opportunity to vote, to get the opportunity that we as Americans sometimes take for granted," she said.
Despite her nonchalance, she's paved the way for future elite female fighter pilots. Young girls clamor for her autograph at testosterone-packed air shows across the nation. They want an closer look at their airborne heroine. And another woman, Capt. SamanthaWeeks, is in training for the next Thunderbirds pilot spot.
But for Malachowski, this is just the execution of another mission, her life's dream.
"It's when you land and you take off that G-suit and you look at your buddies, you have that 'ah-ha' moment where you relax and go, 'Phew!'" Malachowski said.

Rwanda's first female pilot speaks on conquering the skies

First Officer, Esther Mbabazi, was the first female to become a certified commercial pilot for Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir. She says flying is all she wanted to do, being a woman just happened to be a coincidence. She sat down with CNBC Africa's Bonney Tunya to discuss her journey and her hopes of mentoring young African women to follow their dreams.

published: 30 Mar 2016

World War II B-17 pilot takes first flight after 70 Years

On July 2nd, 1945, after flying 23 missions over Europe for the 390th Bombardment Group, Lt. James F. Goolsby landed on US soil and stepped out of his plane for the final time as a combat pilot for the Allied Forces.
In December of 2013, he sat in the pilot seat of a B-17 for the first time since that day. This would also be his first time taking flight in his former aircraft as a passenger.
During his visit he shared and reflected on his memories of his time in active duty with those who gathered for the occasion. I have heard these stories many times before, but never with the level of emotion he displayed on this afternoon.
Though I unfortunately didn't have the opportunity to fly with him, I felt honored just to be along to capture his experience.

published: 07 Jul 2015

Lillymae's First Solo Flight

UPDATED September 17, 2014
I started giving Lillymae flight instruction in a Schweizer 2-33 training glider shortly before she turned 10. Here is Lillymae's first solo flight. This happened on her 14th birthday.
You can see Lillymae spin the plane during her pre-solo training when she was 10 at http://tinyurl.com/b639kll.
Lillymae made her first solo flight in a powered airplane (Cessna 150) on January 9, 2014. You can watch her video of this at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8jzL18tePI
On June 29, 2014, Lillymae passed her checkride and is now a private pilot ASEL (airplane, single engine land). She's 17 years old.
I appreciate the nice comments viewers are posting about this vid. If you would like to contact Lillymae, you'll find her YouTube channel at indiangirlLillymae and her b...

published: 19 Dec 2012

Boeing 747-400 Take-Off & Start-Up Hong Kong w/ ATC - KLM Cargo

Take-Off 18:55
Video of the full departure from Hong Kong. Including Push-Back, Start-Up, Taxiing and Take-Off with live interphone and ATC.
The flight is operated by Martinair Cargo with a KLM CargoBoeing 747-400ERF for Etihad Airways, hence the callsign is ETD960.
Timelapse version: http://youtu.be/Ay0iXVrF7AM?list=UUsXuZKOezixhyx0TStpmX0A
Captured from the cockpit of a KLM Martinair Cargo Boeing 747-400ERF with a GoPro and Sony HandycamThank you very much for watching and make sure to like, share and subscribe if you enjoyed it.
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published: 14 Feb 2015

World Best Female Pilot - AMAZING FLIGHT !!!

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Public domain film from the US Navy, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).
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Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. The overall purpose of primary and intermediate flight training is the acquisition ...

published: 02 Apr 2015

Cornelia Fort's Daring Life as a Pilot Was Both Inspiring and Groundbreaking (1999)

Women of Naval Aviation | Full Show

Meet those who inspired many in this half-hour exclusive on Blab! Featuring interviews from past and present female naval aviators, hear the stories that changed the future of aviation!

published: 27 Jun 2014

BLUE ANGELS - CAPTAIN KUSS & JOEY O. (FULL VIDEO)

published: 02 Sep 2015

Young Pilot Flies around Chicagoland in a Cessna 206 [] Stationair N206AA

Come along as our cool young pilot takes us on a flight over Chicagoland.
We start off from Griffith, Circle our Church inHammond, Take a Skyline tour of Chicago, and then check out Tim and Zach's grandparents house from the air! All around a great day of fun flying and learning.
Sorry took so long to edit and upload. Finally trying to catch up on flights and footage.
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Seeing the world, from above - looking down, gives us an even greater appreciation for our creation.
This channel is to help educate, encourage, and share with fellow travel fans and aviation enthusiasts both the pleasures and productivity of flight.
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Loree is the Head of AdWords Communities and SocialEngagement here at Google. She’s also a pioneer in our midst — she was one of the US Navy's first female jet pilots in a combat squadron. In her book, She's Just Another NavyPilot: An Aviator's Sea Journal, Loree describes the early opposition to women joining the previously male-only jet pilot community and the sometimes open hostility she encountered.

published: 21 Nov 2014

Blue Angels C 130 Fat Albert media flight - full ride and briefings

On 3/27/2015 I had the honor to fly with the Blue Angels aboard their C-130, Fat Albert during the TuscaloosaRegional AirShow.
The video starts out with the C-130 pilot giving a crew briefing of the flight plan. He then gives the riders, including myself and members of the MV-22 Osprey and F-22 Raptor demo teams, our brief for the flight. The video includes the actual flight itself, including three times that we go weightless.
I want to thank the Blue Angels for allowing me to fly with them and for the opportunity to make this video.
During the video you will hear a clicking sound. That is the shutter on my DSLR camera as I take some still photos while the video is being recorded.

Learning to fly is a fun pastime that is enormously rewarding and engaging. Bear in mind that is doesn't matter what you fly but how you fly:
1. respect you own conservative personal minimums which may be very different to the minimum standard as set by law
2. practice steep turns and stall recovery with an instructor
3. practice your crosswind technique, short takeoff & landing and flying without instruments with an instructor - https://youtu.be/24rv59wAwv0
4. practice power off (engine at idle) glide approaches; preferably on every approach / landing with an instructor - https://youtu.be/H8f-vwqLjyY
5. practice hover taxi’s / strip runs 3 feet above the runway just above stall speed with an instructor. This very demanding skill separates all pilots (regardless of what they fly a...

published: 04 Jan 2014

Dreams Soar: How Shaesta Waiz Flew Around the World & Inspired Women Everywhere

For More Webcasts: http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/lectures/webcast/archive.cfm?siref=Youtube&video=thunderbird
An Evening with America's FirstFemaleThunderbirdPilot
Maj. Nicole Malachowski
What's it like to be first? In March 2006, Maj. Nicole Malachowski debuted as the first woman pilot selected to fly in any American military demonstration team, in this case, the Air ForceDemo Squadron better known as the Thunderbirds, flying F-16Cs. Major Malachowski's two seasons as Thunderbird #3Right Wing broke another glass ceiling for women, but more importantly gave her a chance to do what she loves: fly with (and as) the best.
Major Malachowski saw her first air show at five years of age, started flying with the Civil Air Patrol at 12, and soloed at 16. She set her sights on becoming an Air Force pilot and never looked back. After excelling at the Air Force Academy she flew F-15Es all over the world including a tour in Iraq. Major Malachowski's no-nonsense character and superb flying ability have brought her high accolades throughout her Air Force career but most especially during the Thunderbird tour of duty where she flew as one of the team but endured the spotlight as the "first female." Come hear Major Malachowski speak about her stunning career as a role model, Air Force pilot, and down-to-earth woman as she continues to inspire young women and men to follow her example and achieve their dreams.
For More Webcasts: http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/lectures/webcast/archive.cfm?siref=Youtube&video=thunderbird

For More Webcasts: http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/lectures/webcast/archive.cfm?siref=Youtube&video=thunderbird
An Evening with America's FirstFemaleThunderbirdPilot
Maj. Nicole Malachowski
What's it like to be first? In March 2006, Maj. Nicole Malachowski debuted as the first woman pilot selected to fly in any American military demonstration team, in this case, the Air ForceDemo Squadron better known as the Thunderbirds, flying F-16Cs. Major Malachowski's two seasons as Thunderbird #3Right Wing broke another glass ceiling for women, but more importantly gave her a chance to do what she loves: fly with (and as) the best.
Major Malachowski saw her first air show at five years of age, started flying with the Civil Air Patrol at 12, and soloed at 16. She set her sights on becoming an Air Force pilot and never looked back. After excelling at the Air Force Academy she flew F-15Es all over the world including a tour in Iraq. Major Malachowski's no-nonsense character and superb flying ability have brought her high accolades throughout her Air Force career but most especially during the Thunderbird tour of duty where she flew as one of the team but endured the spotlight as the "first female." Come hear Major Malachowski speak about her stunning career as a role model, Air Force pilot, and down-to-earth woman as she continues to inspire young women and men to follow her example and achieve their dreams.
For More Webcasts: http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/lectures/webcast/archive.cfm?siref=Youtube&video=thunderbird

First Officer, Esther Mbabazi, was the first female to become a certified commercial pilot for Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir. She says flying is all she wanted to do, being a woman just happened to be a coincidence. She sat down with CNBC Africa's Bonney Tunya to discuss her journey and her hopes of mentoring young African women to follow their dreams.

First Officer, Esther Mbabazi, was the first female to become a certified commercial pilot for Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir. She says flying is all she wanted to do, being a woman just happened to be a coincidence. She sat down with CNBC Africa's Bonney Tunya to discuss her journey and her hopes of mentoring young African women to follow their dreams.

On July 2nd, 1945, after flying 23 missions over Europe for the 390th Bombardment Group, Lt. James F. Goolsby landed on US soil and stepped out of his plane for the final time as a combat pilot for the Allied Forces.
In December of 2013, he sat in the pilot seat of a B-17 for the first time since that day. This would also be his first time taking flight in his former aircraft as a passenger.
During his visit he shared and reflected on his memories of his time in active duty with those who gathered for the occasion. I have heard these stories many times before, but never with the level of emotion he displayed on this afternoon.
Though I unfortunately didn't have the opportunity to fly with him, I felt honored just to be along to capture his experience.

On July 2nd, 1945, after flying 23 missions over Europe for the 390th Bombardment Group, Lt. James F. Goolsby landed on US soil and stepped out of his plane for the final time as a combat pilot for the Allied Forces.
In December of 2013, he sat in the pilot seat of a B-17 for the first time since that day. This would also be his first time taking flight in his former aircraft as a passenger.
During his visit he shared and reflected on his memories of his time in active duty with those who gathered for the occasion. I have heard these stories many times before, but never with the level of emotion he displayed on this afternoon.
Though I unfortunately didn't have the opportunity to fly with him, I felt honored just to be along to capture his experience.

Lillymae's First Solo Flight

UPDATED September 17, 2014
I started giving Lillymae flight instruction in a Schweizer 2-33 training glider shortly before she turned 10. Here is Lillymae's fi...

UPDATED September 17, 2014
I started giving Lillymae flight instruction in a Schweizer 2-33 training glider shortly before she turned 10. Here is Lillymae's first solo flight. This happened on her 14th birthday.
You can see Lillymae spin the plane during her pre-solo training when she was 10 at http://tinyurl.com/b639kll.
Lillymae made her first solo flight in a powered airplane (Cessna 150) on January 9, 2014. You can watch her video of this at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8jzL18tePI
On June 29, 2014, Lillymae passed her checkride and is now a private pilot ASEL (airplane, single engine land). She's 17 years old.
I appreciate the nice comments viewers are posting about this vid. If you would like to contact Lillymae, you'll find her YouTube channel at indiangirlLillymae and her blog at http://toflyalaska.blogspot.com.

UPDATED September 17, 2014
I started giving Lillymae flight instruction in a Schweizer 2-33 training glider shortly before she turned 10. Here is Lillymae's first solo flight. This happened on her 14th birthday.
You can see Lillymae spin the plane during her pre-solo training when she was 10 at http://tinyurl.com/b639kll.
Lillymae made her first solo flight in a powered airplane (Cessna 150) on January 9, 2014. You can watch her video of this at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8jzL18tePI
On June 29, 2014, Lillymae passed her checkride and is now a private pilot ASEL (airplane, single engine land). She's 17 years old.
I appreciate the nice comments viewers are posting about this vid. If you would like to contact Lillymae, you'll find her YouTube channel at indiangirlLillymae and her blog at http://toflyalaska.blogspot.com.

Boeing 747-400 Take-Off & Start-Up Hong Kong w/ ATC - KLM Cargo

Take-Off 18:55
Video of the full departure from Hong Kong. Including Push-Back, Start-Up, Taxiing and Take-Off with live interphone and ATC.
The flight is oper...

Take-Off 18:55
Video of the full departure from Hong Kong. Including Push-Back, Start-Up, Taxiing and Take-Off with live interphone and ATC.
The flight is operated by Martinair Cargo with a KLM CargoBoeing 747-400ERF for Etihad Airways, hence the callsign is ETD960.
Timelapse version: http://youtu.be/Ay0iXVrF7AM?list=UUsXuZKOezixhyx0TStpmX0A
Captured from the cockpit of a KLM Martinair Cargo Boeing 747-400ERF with a GoPro and Sony HandycamThank you very much for watching and make sure to like, share and subscribe if you enjoyed it.
https://twitter.com/Pilot_Channel
https://www.facebook.com/ThePilotPage

Take-Off 18:55
Video of the full departure from Hong Kong. Including Push-Back, Start-Up, Taxiing and Take-Off with live interphone and ATC.
The flight is operated by Martinair Cargo with a KLM CargoBoeing 747-400ERF for Etihad Airways, hence the callsign is ETD960.
Timelapse version: http://youtu.be/Ay0iXVrF7AM?list=UUsXuZKOezixhyx0TStpmX0A
Captured from the cockpit of a KLM Martinair Cargo Boeing 747-400ERF with a GoPro and Sony HandycamThank you very much for watching and make sure to like, share and subscribe if you enjoyed it.
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more at http://scitech.quickfound.net/aviation_news_and_search.htmlWorld War IIUS NavyTrainingFilm MN-3474b
Pilot Training Playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCA6387BA013F9A4D
Public domain film from the US Navy, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_training
Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. The overall purpose of primary and intermediate flight training is the acquisition and honing of basic airmanship skills.
Although there are various types of aircraft, many of the principles of piloting them have common techniques, especially those aircraft which are heavier than air types.
In addition to providing flight instructors, flight schools commonly rent aircraft to the students.
The oldest flight training school still in existence is the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) Central Flying School formed in May 1912 at Upavon, United Kingdom. The oldest civil flight school still active in the world is based in Germany at the Wasserkuppe. It was founded as "Mertens Fliegerschule". Its current name is "Fliegerschule Wasserkuppe"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_certification_in_the_United_States
Pilot certification in the United States is required for an individual to act as a pilot of an aircraft. It is regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a branch of the Department of Transportation (DOT). A pilot is certified under the authority of Parts 61 and (if training was conducted by an FAA-approved school) 141 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, also known as the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs).
An FAA-issued pilot certificate is evidence that an individual is duly authorized to exercise piloting privileges. The pilot certificate is one of several kinds of airman certificates issued by the FAA...
Pilot training
Most pilots in the U.S. undergo flight training as private individuals with a flight instructor, who may be employed by a flight school. Those who have decided on aviation as a career often begin with an undergraduate aviation-based education. Some pilots are trained in the armed forces, and are issued with civilian certificates based on their military record. Others are trained directly by airlines. The pilot may choose to be trained under Part 61 or Part 141 of the FARs. Part 141 requires that a certified flight school provide an approved, structured course of training, which includes a specified number of hours of ground training (for example, 35 hours for Private Pilot in an airplane). Part 61 sets out a list of knowledge and experience requirements, and is more suitable for students who cannot commit to a structured plan, or for training from freelance instructors.
Knowledge tests
Most pilot certificates and ratings require the applicant to pass a knowledge test, also called the written test. The knowledge test results are valid for a period of 2 years, and are usually a prerequisite for practical tests. Resources available to prepare for the knowledge test may be obtained from pilot supply stores or vendors. The exceptions where a knowledge exam is not required for a practical test are for some add-on ratings after the initial license, such as a powered aircraft pilot adding an additional category rating at the same license level.[6]
In order to take knowledge tests for all pilot certificates and ratings, the applicant must have a sign-off from a ground or flight instructor. These are usually given by an instructor who has taught a ground school course, provided ground instruction or reviewed the applicant's self-study preparations.
Under certain circumstances, sign-offs are not required for certain Flight Instructor or Airline Transport Pilot knowledge tests.
Practical tests
All pilots certificates and ratings require a practical test, usually called a "check ride". For each practical test, the FAA has published a Practical Test Standards document which is expected to be used by the applicant to prepare, by the flight instructor to teach and evaluate readiness for the exam, and by the examiner to conduct the exam. A practical test is administered by an FAA Inspector or an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner. The check-ride is divided into two parts: the oral exam followed by a flight test in the aircraft...
As of the end of 2011, in the US, there were an estimated 617,128 active certificated pilots. This number has been declining gradually over the past several decades, down from a high of over 827,000 pilots in 1980. There were 702,659 in 1990 and 625,581 in 2000.

more at http://scitech.quickfound.net/aviation_news_and_search.htmlWorld War IIUS NavyTrainingFilm MN-3474b
Pilot Training Playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCA6387BA013F9A4D
Public domain film from the US Navy, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_training
Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. The overall purpose of primary and intermediate flight training is the acquisition and honing of basic airmanship skills.
Although there are various types of aircraft, many of the principles of piloting them have common techniques, especially those aircraft which are heavier than air types.
In addition to providing flight instructors, flight schools commonly rent aircraft to the students.
The oldest flight training school still in existence is the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) Central Flying School formed in May 1912 at Upavon, United Kingdom. The oldest civil flight school still active in the world is based in Germany at the Wasserkuppe. It was founded as "Mertens Fliegerschule". Its current name is "Fliegerschule Wasserkuppe"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_certification_in_the_United_States
Pilot certification in the United States is required for an individual to act as a pilot of an aircraft. It is regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a branch of the Department of Transportation (DOT). A pilot is certified under the authority of Parts 61 and (if training was conducted by an FAA-approved school) 141 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, also known as the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs).
An FAA-issued pilot certificate is evidence that an individual is duly authorized to exercise piloting privileges. The pilot certificate is one of several kinds of airman certificates issued by the FAA...
Pilot training
Most pilots in the U.S. undergo flight training as private individuals with a flight instructor, who may be employed by a flight school. Those who have decided on aviation as a career often begin with an undergraduate aviation-based education. Some pilots are trained in the armed forces, and are issued with civilian certificates based on their military record. Others are trained directly by airlines. The pilot may choose to be trained under Part 61 or Part 141 of the FARs. Part 141 requires that a certified flight school provide an approved, structured course of training, which includes a specified number of hours of ground training (for example, 35 hours for Private Pilot in an airplane). Part 61 sets out a list of knowledge and experience requirements, and is more suitable for students who cannot commit to a structured plan, or for training from freelance instructors.
Knowledge tests
Most pilot certificates and ratings require the applicant to pass a knowledge test, also called the written test. The knowledge test results are valid for a period of 2 years, and are usually a prerequisite for practical tests. Resources available to prepare for the knowledge test may be obtained from pilot supply stores or vendors. The exceptions where a knowledge exam is not required for a practical test are for some add-on ratings after the initial license, such as a powered aircraft pilot adding an additional category rating at the same license level.[6]
In order to take knowledge tests for all pilot certificates and ratings, the applicant must have a sign-off from a ground or flight instructor. These are usually given by an instructor who has taught a ground school course, provided ground instruction or reviewed the applicant's self-study preparations.
Under certain circumstances, sign-offs are not required for certain Flight Instructor or Airline Transport Pilot knowledge tests.
Practical tests
All pilots certificates and ratings require a practical test, usually called a "check ride". For each practical test, the FAA has published a Practical Test Standards document which is expected to be used by the applicant to prepare, by the flight instructor to teach and evaluate readiness for the exam, and by the examiner to conduct the exam. A practical test is administered by an FAA Inspector or an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner. The check-ride is divided into two parts: the oral exam followed by a flight test in the aircraft...
As of the end of 2011, in the US, there were an estimated 617,128 active certificated pilots. This number has been declining gradually over the past several decades, down from a high of over 827,000 pilots in 1980. There were 702,659 in 1990 and 625,581 in 2000.

published:02 Apr 2015

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Cornelia Fort's Daring Life as a Pilot Was Both Inspiring and Groundbreaking (1999)

Cornelia Clark Fort (February 5, 1919 – March 21, 1943) was a US aviator who became famous for two aviation related events. While conducting a civilian training flight at Pearl Harbor, she was the first US pilot to encounter the Japanese air fleet during the Attack on Pearl Harbor, and narrowly escaped a strafing attack after landing. The next year, Fort became the second member of what became the Women Airforce Service Pilots, and was working as a ferry pilot when she became the first female pilot in American history to die on active duty.
Fort was born to a wealthy and prominent Nashville, Tennessee, family; her father, RufusElijah Fort, was a founder of National Life and Accident InsuranceCompany.[1] She received a high school certificate from the Ward-Belmont School in 1936.[2] She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1939.[3] After college, Fort joined the Junior League of Nashville. She showed an early interest in flying, ultimately training for and earning her pilot's license in Hawaii.
While working as a civilian pilot instructor at Pearl Harbor, Cornelia Fort inadvertently became one of the first witnesses to the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II. On December 7, 1941, Fort was in the air near Pearl Harbor teaching takeoffs and landings to a student pilot in an Interstate Cadet monoplane. Hers and a few other civilian aircraft were the only U.S. planes in the air near the harbor at that time. Fort saw a military airplane flying directly toward her and swiftly grabbed the controls from her student to pull up over the oncoming craft. It was then she saw the rising sun insignia on the wings. Within moments, she saw billows of black smoke coming from Pearl Harbor and bombers flying in. She quickly landed the plane at John Rodgers civilian airport near the mouth of Pearl Harbor. The pursuing Zero strafed her plane and the runway as she and her student ran for cover.[4][5] The airport manager was killed and two other civilian planes did not return that morning.
With all civilian flights grounded in Hawaii, Fort returned to the mainland in early 1942. She made a short movie promoting war bonds that was successful and led to speaking engagements.[7] Later that year, Nancy Love recruited her to serve in the newly established Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, precursor to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). She was the second woman accepted into the service.[8] The WAFS ferried military planes to bases within the United States.
Stationed at the 6th Ferrying Group base at Long Beach, California, Cornelia Fort became the first WAFS fatality[9] on March 21, 1943 when another plane being ferried by a male pilot struck the left wing of the BT-13 she was ferrying in a mid-air collision ten miles south of Merkel, Texas.[10][11] At the time of the accident, Cornelia Fort was one of the most accomplished pilots of the WAFS. The footstone of her grave is inscribed, "Killed in the Service of Her Country."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Fort

Cornelia Clark Fort (February 5, 1919 – March 21, 1943) was a US aviator who became famous for two aviation related events. While conducting a civilian training flight at Pearl Harbor, she was the first US pilot to encounter the Japanese air fleet during the Attack on Pearl Harbor, and narrowly escaped a strafing attack after landing. The next year, Fort became the second member of what became the Women Airforce Service Pilots, and was working as a ferry pilot when she became the first female pilot in American history to die on active duty.
Fort was born to a wealthy and prominent Nashville, Tennessee, family; her father, RufusElijah Fort, was a founder of National Life and Accident InsuranceCompany.[1] She received a high school certificate from the Ward-Belmont School in 1936.[2] She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1939.[3] After college, Fort joined the Junior League of Nashville. She showed an early interest in flying, ultimately training for and earning her pilot's license in Hawaii.
While working as a civilian pilot instructor at Pearl Harbor, Cornelia Fort inadvertently became one of the first witnesses to the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II. On December 7, 1941, Fort was in the air near Pearl Harbor teaching takeoffs and landings to a student pilot in an Interstate Cadet monoplane. Hers and a few other civilian aircraft were the only U.S. planes in the air near the harbor at that time. Fort saw a military airplane flying directly toward her and swiftly grabbed the controls from her student to pull up over the oncoming craft. It was then she saw the rising sun insignia on the wings. Within moments, she saw billows of black smoke coming from Pearl Harbor and bombers flying in. She quickly landed the plane at John Rodgers civilian airport near the mouth of Pearl Harbor. The pursuing Zero strafed her plane and the runway as she and her student ran for cover.[4][5] The airport manager was killed and two other civilian planes did not return that morning.
With all civilian flights grounded in Hawaii, Fort returned to the mainland in early 1942. She made a short movie promoting war bonds that was successful and led to speaking engagements.[7] Later that year, Nancy Love recruited her to serve in the newly established Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, precursor to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). She was the second woman accepted into the service.[8] The WAFS ferried military planes to bases within the United States.
Stationed at the 6th Ferrying Group base at Long Beach, California, Cornelia Fort became the first WAFS fatality[9] on March 21, 1943 when another plane being ferried by a male pilot struck the left wing of the BT-13 she was ferrying in a mid-air collision ten miles south of Merkel, Texas.[10][11] At the time of the accident, Cornelia Fort was one of the most accomplished pilots of the WAFS. The footstone of her grave is inscribed, "Killed in the Service of Her Country."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Fort

Come along as our cool young pilot takes us on a flight over Chicagoland.
We start off from Griffith, Circle our Church inHammond, Take a Skyline tour of Chicago, and then check out Tim and Zach's grandparents house from the air! All around a great day of fun flying and learning.
Sorry took so long to edit and upload. Finally trying to catch up on flights and footage.
Music: http://incompetech.com "Happiness"
The only thing better than the sensational experience of flight is the joy of sharing it with others!
Seeing the world, from above - looking down, gives us an even greater appreciation for our creation.
This channel is to help educate, encourage, and share with fellow travel fans and aviation enthusiasts both the pleasures and productivity of flight.
SharingAviation 4 LIFE!!!
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Siegwart-Aviator/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/siegwartaviator/
Disclaimer: this channel is for entertainment.
The videos are to encourage aviation and are not to be considered as the final authority of how each flight should be carried out. Please do not try any of the actions or things discussed in the videos without proper professional training. Thank you and enjoy.
The information, views, and opinions contained on Siegwart Aviator are that of the persons filmed and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Siegwart Aviator or any company.
For instruction or flights in the Chicagoland area please contact: www.griffithairport.com/griffith-aviation

Come along as our cool young pilot takes us on a flight over Chicagoland.
We start off from Griffith, Circle our Church inHammond, Take a Skyline tour of Chicago, and then check out Tim and Zach's grandparents house from the air! All around a great day of fun flying and learning.
Sorry took so long to edit and upload. Finally trying to catch up on flights and footage.
Music: http://incompetech.com "Happiness"
The only thing better than the sensational experience of flight is the joy of sharing it with others!
Seeing the world, from above - looking down, gives us an even greater appreciation for our creation.
This channel is to help educate, encourage, and share with fellow travel fans and aviation enthusiasts both the pleasures and productivity of flight.
SharingAviation 4 LIFE!!!
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Siegwart-Aviator/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/siegwartaviator/
Disclaimer: this channel is for entertainment.
The videos are to encourage aviation and are not to be considered as the final authority of how each flight should be carried out. Please do not try any of the actions or things discussed in the videos without proper professional training. Thank you and enjoy.
The information, views, and opinions contained on Siegwart Aviator are that of the persons filmed and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Siegwart Aviator or any company.
For instruction or flights in the Chicagoland area please contact: www.griffithairport.com/griffith-aviation

Loree is the Head of AdWords Communities and SocialEngagement here at Google. She’s also a pioneer in our midst — she was one of the US Navy's first female jet pilots in a combat squadron. In her book, She's Just Another NavyPilot: An Aviator's Sea Journal, Loree describes the early opposition to women joining the previously male-only jet pilot community and the sometimes open hostility she encountered.

Loree is the Head of AdWords Communities and SocialEngagement here at Google. She’s also a pioneer in our midst — she was one of the US Navy's first female jet pilots in a combat squadron. In her book, She's Just Another NavyPilot: An Aviator's Sea Journal, Loree describes the early opposition to women joining the previously male-only jet pilot community and the sometimes open hostility she encountered.

On 3/27/2015 I had the honor to fly with the Blue Angels aboard their C-130, Fat Albert during the TuscaloosaRegional AirShow.
The video starts out with the C-130 pilot giving a crew briefing of the flight plan. He then gives the riders, including myself and members of the MV-22 Osprey and F-22 Raptor demo teams, our brief for the flight. The video includes the actual flight itself, including three times that we go weightless.
I want to thank the Blue Angels for allowing me to fly with them and for the opportunity to make this video.
During the video you will hear a clicking sound. That is the shutter on my DSLR camera as I take some still photos while the video is being recorded.

On 3/27/2015 I had the honor to fly with the Blue Angels aboard their C-130, Fat Albert during the TuscaloosaRegional AirShow.
The video starts out with the C-130 pilot giving a crew briefing of the flight plan. He then gives the riders, including myself and members of the MV-22 Osprey and F-22 Raptor demo teams, our brief for the flight. The video includes the actual flight itself, including three times that we go weightless.
I want to thank the Blue Angels for allowing me to fly with them and for the opportunity to make this video.
During the video you will hear a clicking sound. That is the shutter on my DSLR camera as I take some still photos while the video is being recorded.

Learning to fly is a fun pastime that is enormously rewarding and engaging. Bear in mind that is doesn't matter what you fly but how you fly:
1. respect you ...

Learning to fly is a fun pastime that is enormously rewarding and engaging. Bear in mind that is doesn't matter what you fly but how you fly:
1. respect you own conservative personal minimums which may be very different to the minimum standard as set by law
2. practice steep turns and stall recovery with an instructor
3. practice your crosswind technique, short takeoff & landing and flying without instruments with an instructor - https://youtu.be/24rv59wAwv0
4. practice power off (engine at idle) glide approaches; preferably on every approach / landing with an instructor - https://youtu.be/H8f-vwqLjyY
5. practice hover taxi’s / strip runs 3 feet above the runway just above stall speed with an instructor. This very demanding skill separates all pilots (regardless of what they fly and how many hours they have) into those who can do this & those who can't- https://youtu.be/fmsBJCJL8AU (near the start and end of this video)
6. occasionally fly with a highly skilled instructor in a spin certified aerobatic aircraft or sailplane, to experience a fully developed spin and the correct recovery technique
7. spend some time in a tailwheel aircraft with a competent taildragger instructor

Learning to fly is a fun pastime that is enormously rewarding and engaging. Bear in mind that is doesn't matter what you fly but how you fly:
1. respect you own conservative personal minimums which may be very different to the minimum standard as set by law
2. practice steep turns and stall recovery with an instructor
3. practice your crosswind technique, short takeoff & landing and flying without instruments with an instructor - https://youtu.be/24rv59wAwv0
4. practice power off (engine at idle) glide approaches; preferably on every approach / landing with an instructor - https://youtu.be/H8f-vwqLjyY
5. practice hover taxi’s / strip runs 3 feet above the runway just above stall speed with an instructor. This very demanding skill separates all pilots (regardless of what they fly and how many hours they have) into those who can do this & those who can't- https://youtu.be/fmsBJCJL8AU (near the start and end of this video)
6. occasionally fly with a highly skilled instructor in a spin certified aerobatic aircraft or sailplane, to experience a fully developed spin and the correct recovery technique
7. spend some time in a tailwheel aircraft with a competent taildragger instructor

published:04 Jan 2014

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Dreams Soar: How Shaesta Waiz Flew Around the World & Inspired Women Everywhere

us air force fighter pilot aircraft The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on 18 September1947 under the National Security Act of 1947.[5] It is the most recent branch of the U.S. military to be formed, and is the largest and one of the world's most technologically advanced air forces. The USAF articulates its core functions as Nuclear Deterrence Operations, Special Operations, Air Superiority, GlobalIntegratedISR, Space Superiority, Command and Control, Cyberspace Superiority, PersonnelRecovery, Global PrecisionAttack, Building Partnerships, Rapid Global Mobility and AgileCombat Support.[6]
The U.S.Air Force is a military service within the Department of the Air Force, one of the three military departments of the Department of Defense. The USAF is headed by the civilian Secretary of the Air Force, who is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The highest-ranking military officer in the Department of the Air Force is the Chief of Staff of the Air Force who exercises supervision over Air Force units, and serves as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Air Force combat forces are assigned, as directed by the Secretary of Defense, to the Combatant Commanders, and neither the Secretary of the Air Force nor the Chief of Staff have operational command authority over them.
The U.S. Air Force provides air support to ground troops and aids in the recovery of troops in the field. As of2012, the service operates 5,484 aircraft, 450 ICBMs and 63 satellites. It has a $140 billion budget with 332,854 active personnel, 185,522 civilian personnel, 71,400 reserve personnel, and 106,700 air guard personnel.[2]
Air Superiority
Air Superiority is "that degree of dominance in the air battle of one force over another which permits the conduct of operations by the former and its related land, sea, air, and special operations forces at a given time and place without prohibitive interference by the opposing force" (JP 1-02).[9]
Offensive Counterair (OCA) is defined as "offensive operations to destroy, disrupt, or neutralize enemy aircraft, missiles, launch platforms, and their supporting structures and systems both before and after launch, but as close to their source as possible" (JP 1-02). OCA is the preferred method of countering air and missile threats, since it attempts to defeat the enemy closer to its source and typically enjoys the initiative. OCA comprises attack operations, sweep, escort, and suppression/destruction of enemy air defense.[9]
Defensive Counterair (DCA) is defined as "all the defensive measures designed to detect, identify, intercept, and destroy or negate enemy forces attempting to penetrate or attack through friendly airspace" (JP 1-02). A major goal of DCA operations, in concert with OCA operations, is to provide an area from which forces can operate, secure from air and missile threats. The DCA mission comprises both active and passive defense measures. Active defense is "the employment of limited offensive action and counterattacks to deny a contested area or position to the enemy" (JP 1-02). It includes both ballistic missile defense and air breathing threat defense, and encompasses point defense, area defense, and high value airborne asset defense. Passive defense is "measures taken to reduce the probability of and to minimize the effects of damage caused by hostile action without the intention of taking the initiative" (JP 1-02). It includes detection and warning; chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense; camouflage, concealment, and deception; hardening; reconstitution; dispersion; redundancy; and mobility, counter-measures, and stealth.[9]
Airspace control is "a process used to increase operational effectiveness by promoting the safe, efficient, and flexible use of airspace" (JP 1-02). It promotes the safe, efficient, and flexible use of airspace, mitigates the risk of fratricide, enhances both offensive and defensive operations, and permits greater agility of air operations as a whole. It both deconflicts and facilitates integration of joint air operations.[9]
Global Precision Attack
Global Precision Attack is the ability to hold at risk or strike rapidly and persistently, with a wide range of munitions, any target and to create swift, decisive, and precise effects across multiple domains.[9]
Strategic Attack is defined as "offensive action specifically selected to achieve national strategic objectives. These attacks seek to weaken the adversary's ability or will to engage in conflict, and may achieve strategic objectives without necessarily having to achieve operational objectives as a precondition" (AFDD 3--70, Strategic Attack).[9]
Air Interdiction is defined as "air operations conducted to divert, disrupt, delay,

us air force fighter pilot aircraft The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on 18 September1947 under the National Security Act of 1947.[5] It is the most recent branch of the U.S. military to be formed, and is the largest and one of the world's most technologically advanced air forces. The USAF articulates its core functions as Nuclear Deterrence Operations, Special Operations, Air Superiority, GlobalIntegratedISR, Space Superiority, Command and Control, Cyberspace Superiority, PersonnelRecovery, Global PrecisionAttack, Building Partnerships, Rapid Global Mobility and AgileCombat Support.[6]
The U.S.Air Force is a military service within the Department of the Air Force, one of the three military departments of the Department of Defense. The USAF is headed by the civilian Secretary of the Air Force, who is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The highest-ranking military officer in the Department of the Air Force is the Chief of Staff of the Air Force who exercises supervision over Air Force units, and serves as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Air Force combat forces are assigned, as directed by the Secretary of Defense, to the Combatant Commanders, and neither the Secretary of the Air Force nor the Chief of Staff have operational command authority over them.
The U.S. Air Force provides air support to ground troops and aids in the recovery of troops in the field. As of2012, the service operates 5,484 aircraft, 450 ICBMs and 63 satellites. It has a $140 billion budget with 332,854 active personnel, 185,522 civilian personnel, 71,400 reserve personnel, and 106,700 air guard personnel.[2]
Air Superiority
Air Superiority is "that degree of dominance in the air battle of one force over another which permits the conduct of operations by the former and its related land, sea, air, and special operations forces at a given time and place without prohibitive interference by the opposing force" (JP 1-02).[9]
Offensive Counterair (OCA) is defined as "offensive operations to destroy, disrupt, or neutralize enemy aircraft, missiles, launch platforms, and their supporting structures and systems both before and after launch, but as close to their source as possible" (JP 1-02). OCA is the preferred method of countering air and missile threats, since it attempts to defeat the enemy closer to its source and typically enjoys the initiative. OCA comprises attack operations, sweep, escort, and suppression/destruction of enemy air defense.[9]
Defensive Counterair (DCA) is defined as "all the defensive measures designed to detect, identify, intercept, and destroy or negate enemy forces attempting to penetrate or attack through friendly airspace" (JP 1-02). A major goal of DCA operations, in concert with OCA operations, is to provide an area from which forces can operate, secure from air and missile threats. The DCA mission comprises both active and passive defense measures. Active defense is "the employment of limited offensive action and counterattacks to deny a contested area or position to the enemy" (JP 1-02). It includes both ballistic missile defense and air breathing threat defense, and encompasses point defense, area defense, and high value airborne asset defense. Passive defense is "measures taken to reduce the probability of and to minimize the effects of damage caused by hostile action without the intention of taking the initiative" (JP 1-02). It includes detection and warning; chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense; camouflage, concealment, and deception; hardening; reconstitution; dispersion; redundancy; and mobility, counter-measures, and stealth.[9]
Airspace control is "a process used to increase operational effectiveness by promoting the safe, efficient, and flexible use of airspace" (JP 1-02). It promotes the safe, efficient, and flexible use of airspace, mitigates the risk of fratricide, enhances both offensive and defensive operations, and permits greater agility of air operations as a whole. It both deconflicts and facilitates integration of joint air operations.[9]
Global Precision Attack
Global Precision Attack is the ability to hold at risk or strike rapidly and persistently, with a wide range of munitions, any target and to create swift, decisive, and precise effects across multiple domains.[9]
Strategic Attack is defined as "offensive action specifically selected to achieve national strategic objectives. These attacks seek to weaken the adversary's ability or will to engage in conflict, and may achieve strategic objectives without necessarily having to achieve operational objectives as a precondition" (AFDD 3--70, Strategic Attack).[9]
Air Interdiction is defined as "air operations conducted to divert, disrupt, delay,

FIRST FEMALE PILOT to fly US Air Force F-35 Fighter Aircraft

The very first female pilot to fly the US Air ForceF-35 fighter aircraft. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine aircraft.
EGLIN AIRFORCEBASE, Fla. - Lt. Col.Christine Mau, 33rd Fighter WingOperations Group deputy commander, completed her first training flight in the single-seat fifth-generation fighter following 14 virtual training missions in the Full MissionSimulator at the F-35 Academic TrainingCenter.
“It wasn’t until I was taxiing to the runway that it really struck me that I was on my own in the jet,” said Mau, formerly an F-15E Strike Eagle pilot. “I had a chase aircraft, but there was no weapons system officer or instructor pilot sitting behind me, and no one in my ear like in simulators.”
And with that, like the other 87 F-35A pilots trained over the last four years at Eglin, Mau thundered down the runway and was airborne as the first woman in the Air Force’s premier fighter.
“It felt great to get airborne. The jet flies like a dream, and seeing the systems interact is impressive. Flying with the Helmet Mounted Display takes some adjusting, but it’s an easy adjustment,” said Mau. “The training missions in the simulator prepare you very well, so you’re ready for that flight.”
The initial flight in the F-35 training syllabus is designed to orient pilots with the physical aspects of flying the F-35 compared to other fighters they’ve flown previously, such as the F-15E Strike Eagle, F-15C Eagle, F-16 Falcon, A-10 Warthog or F-22 Raptor.
Women have served in combat aviation roles in those and other aircraft for more than 20 years.
Mau acknowledged that although she may be the first female in the F-35 program, her gender has no bearing on her performance as a fighter pilot.
Mau joked that the only difference between her and her fellow F-35 pilots is the size of her G-suit and facemask.
They are both extra-small.
“Flying is a great equalizer,” said Mau. “The plane doesn’t know or care about your gender as a pilot, nor do the ground troops who need your support. You just have to perform. That’s all anyone cares about when you’re up there – that you can do your job, and that you do it exceptionally well.”
Mau’s combat experience and technical prowess in the cockpit were the primary draws for her selection to her position with the 33rd Operations Group.
“Lt. Col. Mau brings a valuable level of combat and operational knowledge to our team,” said Col. ToddCanterbury, 33rd Fighter Wing commander. “We’re nearly a year out from declaring Initial Operational Capability with the F-35. We need battle-tested pilots to help us put the F-35A through its paces and ensure we have a trained and ready force of F-35 pilots to feed into our combat air forces.”
Canterbury witnessed Mau’s leadership and combat effectiveness first-hand when they were both deployed to Afghanistan in 2011, where she was part of another important milestone for women in the combat aviation community.
While with the 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Mau was part of the first all-female combat sortie. The combat mission provided air support to coalition and Afghan forces in the Kunar Valley, Afghanistan. From the pilots and weapons system officers of the two F-15E jets to the mission planners and maintainers, the entire mission was carried out entirely by women.
“As a service, we need to attract the most innovative and skillful Airmen possible for one reason – it makes us more effective,” said Canterbury. “The broader the net that we cast into the talent pool, coupled with a laser focus on performance, ensures we have the best Airmen in place to carry out the mission. Performance is key, and it’s the standard we hold all of our Airmen to in the Air Force,” said Canterbury.
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96-year-old WWII pilot takes flight again in Tampa

At 96 years old, Bob Brocklehurst needs a little more help boarding a plane than he did back in the day. But give him a second and he's right at home inside a P-51.
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Female Pilot Surprises Flight Instructor - Maxmantv

This time we took the prank to the skies! We teamed up with Nadia Marcinko and the people ...

Female Pilot Surprises Flight Instructor - Maxmantv

This time we took the prank to the skies! We teamed up with Nadia Marcinko and the people at Warwings to prank a flight instructor in Palm Springs California. Watch what happens when Nadia goes undercover as a nerd and pretending to be clueless.
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92-year-old WW2 veteran flies Spitfire again - BBC News

92-year-old Air Transport Auxiliary veteran Joy Lofthouse returns to the skies in a Spitfi...

92-year-old WW2 veteran flies Spitfire again - BBC News

92-year-old Air Transport Auxiliary veteran Joy Lofthouse returns to the skies in a Spitfire 70 years on from the end of World War 2.
Seven decades after her last flight in the iconic plane, Joy described the experience as "lovely: it was perfect", making her feel "quite young." The ATA made an enormous contribution to the war effort by taking over from service pilots the task of ferrying Royal Air Force and Royal Navy warplanes between factories, maintenance units and front-line squadrons.
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Teen Pilots Dream Takes Flight

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15-year-old girl to fly from California to Virginia
The 15-year-old will attempt to become the youngest black female to pilot an airplane transcontinentally. She took off from Compton Airport for Newport News, Va. at about 7 a.m., Monday.
Kimberly was accompanied in the single-engine craft by Tuskegee AirmanLeviThornhill and safety pilot Ronell Norman. Thornhill was a crew chief during World War II.
They will meet other Tuskegee Airmen at stops along the flight path. Their first stop is in Arizona.
They did such a good thing, Kimberly said of the Tuskegee Airmen. Everything that they did was so amazing. When someones constantly telling you no, when someones constantly telling you that youre stupid, that you dont have the cognitive development, and that you cant do something so good, and you go out and prove them wrong — its just like, wow.
15-year-old girl to fly from California to VirginiaKimberlys flight is part of an after-school program sponsored by Tomorrows Aeronautical Museum (TAM). Kimberly has been part of the program for aspiring pilots since she was 12.
She is expected to arrive July 4.

‪Daughter Inspired by Magic of Aviation for 1st time with Female Pilot + Tropospheric Ducting‬

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This flight happened to be during "women in aviation week" 2016!
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Tropospheric Ducting - details thanks to Kerry
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- caused by temperature & humidity inversions
- warm dry air over cool moist air
- 4 types
1. Nighttime Tropo - radiation inversion - most common, caused by radiational cooling @ night, burns off when sun rises
2. High Pressure Tropo - subsidence inversion - causes widespread conditions day or night, caused by sinking (subsiding) air aloft
3. Frontal Tropo - frontal inversion - ahead of warm fronts & behind cold fronts - usually brief
4. Marine Tropo (a.k.a. Lake Effect Tropo in Great Lakes region) - marine inversion - warm dry air advecting over cooler waters, most common in spring/early summer
Ducting will often cause false echoes on radar (a.k.a. "AP" or anomalous propagation).
Today's ducting was "High Pressure Tropo".
http://dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html
In a typical airmass, the temperature drops as you go up in altitude and the humidity increases. Sometimes, under strong high pressure, along a weather front, or over an ocean or lake, this condition is reversed. The temperature may increase with altitude; this is called a temperature inversion. If a temperature inversion is also accompanied by a corresponding humidity inversion, then we have the necessary conditions for anomalous propagation, or "A.P."
On this chart (tephigram), we have cool moist air on surface, with milder and much drier air aloft, in this case 10% r.h. We can see the sharp boundary that separates the two airmasses just below 1500’ above ground. When VHF radio signals, that would normally head straight out into space, hit this boundary they get bent downwards and run parallel to the ground. This results in extended range and, along with that, the potential for increased interference.
This (tropospheric ducting forecast) map highlights the areas where there is a potential for A.P. to develop. In this case, propagation between Ontario and Iowa was possible.
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WORLDS BEST Female Aerobatic Aircraft pilot flying the Su-26

A great video of the worlds best aerobatic aircraft pilot Svetlana Kapanina flying the Su-...

WORLDS BEST Female Aerobatic Aircraft pilot flying the Su-26

A great video of the worlds best aerobatic aircraft pilot Svetlana Kapanina flying the Su-26 aerobatic aircraft. Aerobatics (a portmanteau of aerial-acrobatics) is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in normal flight.[1][2] Aerobatics are performed in airplanes and gliders for training, recreation, entertainment, and sport. Additionally, some helicopters, such as the MBB Bo 105, are capable of limited aerobatic maneuvers.[3] An example of a fully aerobatic helicopter, capable of performing loops and rolls, is the Westland Lynx. The term is sometimes referred to as acrobatics, especially when translated.[citation needed]
Most aerobatic maneuvers involve rotation of the aircraft about its longitudinal (roll) axis or lateral (pitch) axis. Other maneuvers, such as a spin, displace the aircraft about its vertical (yaw) axis.[4] Maneuvers are often combined to form a complete aerobatic sequence for entertainment or competition. Aerobatic flying requires a broader set of piloting skills and exposes the aircraft to greater structural stress than for normal flight.[5] In some countries, the pilot must wear a parachute when performing aerobatics.[6]
While many pilots fly aerobatics for recreation, some choose to fly in aerobatic competitions, a refereed sport.[7]
Overview
In the early days of flying, some pilots used their aircraft as part of a flying circus to entertain. Among the earliest innovators in aerobatics the FrenchmanEuclid's name is foremost.
Maneuvers were flown for artistic reasons or to draw gasps from onlookers. In due course some of these maneuvers were found to allow aircraft to gain tactical advantage during aerial combat or dogfights between fighter aircraft.
Aerobatic aircraft fall into two categories—specialist aerobatic, and aerobatic capable. Specialist designs such as the Pitts Special, the Extra 200 and 300, and the Sukhoi Su-26M and Sukhoi Su-29 aim for ultimate aerobatic performance. This comes at the expense of general purpose use such as touring, or ease of non aerobatic handling such as landing. At a more basic level, aerobatic capable aircraft, such as the Cessna 152 Aerobat model, can be dual purpose—equipped to carrying passengers and luggage, as well as being capable of basic aerobatic figures.
Flight formation aerobatics are flown by teams of up to sixteen aircraft, although most teams fly between four and ten aircraft.[8] Some are state funded to reflect pride in the armed forces while others are commercially sponsored. Coloured smoke trails may be emitted to emphasise the patterns flown and/or the colours of a national flag. Usually each team will use aircraft similar to one another finished in a special and dramatic colour scheme, thus emphasising their entertainment function.
Teams often fly V-formations (otherwise known as echelon formation)— they will not fly directly behind another aircraft because of danger from wake vortices or engine exhaust. Aircraft will always fly slightly below the aircraft in front, if they have to follow in line (the "trail formation").
The UKSwift Aerobatic Display Team at KembleBattle of BritainWeekend 2009. A Swift glider is performing continuous full rolls while towed by a Piper PawneeAerobatic maneuvers flown in a jet-powered aircraft are limited in scope as they cannot take advantage of the gyroscopic forces that a propeller driven aircraft can exploit. Jet-powered aircraft also tend to fly much faster, which increases the size of the figures and the length of time the pilot has to withstand increased g-forces. Jet aerobatic teams often fly in formations, which further restricts the maneuvers that can be safely flown.
To enhance the effect of aerobatic maneuveres smoke is sometimes generated; the smoke allows viewers to see the path travelled by the aircraft. Due to safety concerns, the smoke is not a result of combustion but is produced by the vaporization of fog oil into a fine aerosol, achieved either by injecting the oil into the hot engine exhaust[9] or by the use of a dedicated device[10] that can be fitted in any position on the aircraft. The first military aerobatic team to use smoke at will during displays was Fleet Air Arm702 Squadron "The Black Cats" at the Farnborough Airshow in September 1957.[11]
Training[edit]
Aerobatics are taught to military fighter pilots as a means of developing flying skills and for tactical use in combat.
Aerobatics and formation flying is not limited solely to fixed-wing aircraft; the British Army, Royal Navy, Spanish Air Force and the Indian Air Force, among others, have helicopter display teams.
All aerobatic maneuvers demand training and practice to avoid accidents. Such accidents are rare but can result in fatalities. Low-level aerobatics are extremely demanding and airshow pilots must demonstrate their ability before being allowed to gradually reduce the height at which they may fly their show.
Competition[edit]

An Evening with America's First Female Thunderbird Pilot

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An Evening with America's FirstFemaleThunderbirdPilot
Maj. Nicole Malachowski
What's it like to be first? In March 2006, Maj. Nicole Malachowski debuted as the first woman pilot selected to fly in any American military demonstration team, in this case, the Air ForceDemo Squadron better known as the Thunderbirds, flying F-16Cs. Major Malachowski's two seasons as Thunderbird #3Right Wing broke another glass ceiling for women, but more importantly gave her a chance to do what she loves: fly with (and as) the best.
Major Malachowski saw her first air show at five years of age, started flying with the Civil Air Patrol at 12, and soloed at 16. She set her sights on becoming an Air Force pilot and never looked back. After excelling at the Air Force Academy she flew F-15Es all over the world including a tour in Iraq. Major Malachowski's no-nonsense character and superb flying ability have brought her high accolades throughout her Air Force career but most especially during the Thunderbird tour of duty where she flew as one of the team but endured the spotlight as the "first female." Come hear Major Malachowski speak about her stunning career as a role model, Air Force pilot, and down-to-earth woman as she continues to inspire young women and men to follow her example and achieve their dreams.
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Rwanda's first female pilot speaks on conquering the skies

First Officer, Esther Mbabazi, was the first female to become a certified commercial pilot...

Rwanda's first female pilot speaks on conquering the skies

First Officer, Esther Mbabazi, was the first female to become a certified commercial pilot for Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir. She says flying is all she wanted to do, being a woman just happened to be a coincidence. She sat down with CNBC Africa's Bonney Tunya to discuss her journey and her hopes of mentoring young African women to follow their dreams.

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World War II B-17 pilot takes first flight after 70 Years

On July 2nd, 1945, after flying 23 missions over Europe for the 390th Bombardment Group, L...

World War II B-17 pilot takes first flight after 70 Years

On July 2nd, 1945, after flying 23 missions over Europe for the 390th Bombardment Group, Lt. James F. Goolsby landed on US soil and stepped out of his plane for the final time as a combat pilot for the Allied Forces.
In December of 2013, he sat in the pilot seat of a B-17 for the first time since that day. This would also be his first time taking flight in his former aircraft as a passenger.
During his visit he shared and reflected on his memories of his time in active duty with those who gathered for the occasion. I have heard these stories many times before, but never with the level of emotion he displayed on this afternoon.
Though I unfortunately didn't have the opportunity to fly with him, I felt honored just to be along to capture his experience.

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Lillymae's First Solo Flight

UPDATED September 17, 2014
I started giving Lillymae flight instruction in a Schweizer 2-...

Lillymae's First Solo Flight

UPDATED September 17, 2014
I started giving Lillymae flight instruction in a Schweizer 2-33 training glider shortly before she turned 10. Here is Lillymae's first solo flight. This happened on her 14th birthday.
You can see Lillymae spin the plane during her pre-solo training when she was 10 at http://tinyurl.com/b639kll.
Lillymae made her first solo flight in a powered airplane (Cessna 150) on January 9, 2014. You can watch her video of this at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8jzL18tePI
On June 29, 2014, Lillymae passed her checkride and is now a private pilot ASEL (airplane, single engine land). She's 17 years old.
I appreciate the nice comments viewers are posting about this vid. If you would like to contact Lillymae, you'll find her YouTube channel at indiangirlLillymae and her blog at http://toflyalaska.blogspot.com.

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Boeing 747-400 Take-Off & Start-Up Hong Kong w/ ATC - KLM Cargo

Take-Off 18:55
Video of the full departure from Hong Kong. Including Push-Back, Start-Up,...

Boeing 747-400 Take-Off & Start-Up Hong Kong w/ ATC - KLM Cargo

Take-Off 18:55
Video of the full departure from Hong Kong. Including Push-Back, Start-Up, Taxiing and Take-Off with live interphone and ATC.
The flight is operated by Martinair Cargo with a KLM CargoBoeing 747-400ERF for Etihad Airways, hence the callsign is ETD960.
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Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. The overall purpose of primary and intermediate flight training is the acquisition and honing of basic airmanship skills.
Although there are various types of aircraft, many of the principles of piloting them have common techniques, especially those aircraft which are heavier than air types.
In addition to providing flight instructors, flight schools commonly rent aircraft to the students.
The oldest flight training school still in existence is the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) Central Flying School formed in May 1912 at Upavon, United Kingdom. The oldest civil flight school still active in the world is based in Germany at the Wasserkuppe. It was founded as "Mertens Fliegerschule". Its current name is "Fliegerschule Wasserkuppe"...
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Pilot certification in the United States is required for an individual to act as a pilot of an aircraft. It is regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a branch of the Department of Transportation (DOT). A pilot is certified under the authority of Parts 61 and (if training was conducted by an FAA-approved school) 141 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, also known as the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs).
An FAA-issued pilot certificate is evidence that an individual is duly authorized to exercise piloting privileges. The pilot certificate is one of several kinds of airman certificates issued by the FAA...
Pilot training
Most pilots in the U.S. undergo flight training as private individuals with a flight instructor, who may be employed by a flight school. Those who have decided on aviation as a career often begin with an undergraduate aviation-based education. Some pilots are trained in the armed forces, and are issued with civilian certificates based on their military record. Others are trained directly by airlines. The pilot may choose to be trained under Part 61 or Part 141 of the FARs. Part 141 requires that a certified flight school provide an approved, structured course of training, which includes a specified number of hours of ground training (for example, 35 hours for Private Pilot in an airplane). Part 61 sets out a list of knowledge and experience requirements, and is more suitable for students who cannot commit to a structured plan, or for training from freelance instructors.
Knowledge tests
Most pilot certificates and ratings require the applicant to pass a knowledge test, also called the written test. The knowledge test results are valid for a period of 2 years, and are usually a prerequisite for practical tests. Resources available to prepare for the knowledge test may be obtained from pilot supply stores or vendors. The exceptions where a knowledge exam is not required for a practical test are for some add-on ratings after the initial license, such as a powered aircraft pilot adding an additional category rating at the same license level.[6]
In order to take knowledge tests for all pilot certificates and ratings, the applicant must have a sign-off from a ground or flight instructor. These are usually given by an instructor who has taught a ground school course, provided ground instruction or reviewed the applicant's self-study preparations.
Under certain circumstances, sign-offs are not required for certain Flight Instructor or Airline Transport Pilot knowledge tests.
Practical tests
All pilots certificates and ratings require a practical test, usually called a "check ride". For each practical test, the FAA has published a Practical Test Standards document which is expected to be used by the applicant to prepare, by the flight instructor to teach and evaluate readiness for the exam, and by the examiner to conduct the exam. A practical test is administered by an FAA Inspector or an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner. The check-ride is divided into two parts: the oral exam followed by a flight test in the aircraft...
As of the end of 2011, in the US, there were an estimated 617,128 active certificated pilots. This number has been declining gradually over the past several decades, down from a high of over 827,000 pilots in 1980. There were 702,659 in 1990 and 625,581 in 2000.

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Cornelia Fort's Daring Life as a Pilot Was Both Inspiring and Groundbreaking (1999)

Cornelia Clark Fort (February 5, 1919 – March 21, 1943) was a US aviator who became famous...

Cornelia Fort's Daring Life as a Pilot Was Both Inspiring and Groundbreaking (1999)

Cornelia Clark Fort (February 5, 1919 – March 21, 1943) was a US aviator who became famous for two aviation related events. While conducting a civilian training flight at Pearl Harbor, she was the first US pilot to encounter the Japanese air fleet during the Attack on Pearl Harbor, and narrowly escaped a strafing attack after landing. The next year, Fort became the second member of what became the Women Airforce Service Pilots, and was working as a ferry pilot when she became the first female pilot in American history to die on active duty.
Fort was born to a wealthy and prominent Nashville, Tennessee, family; her father, RufusElijah Fort, was a founder of National Life and Accident InsuranceCompany.[1] She received a high school certificate from the Ward-Belmont School in 1936.[2] She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1939.[3] After college, Fort joined the Junior League of Nashville. She showed an early interest in flying, ultimately training for and earning her pilot's license in Hawaii.
While working as a civilian pilot instructor at Pearl Harbor, Cornelia Fort inadvertently became one of the first witnesses to the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II. On December 7, 1941, Fort was in the air near Pearl Harbor teaching takeoffs and landings to a student pilot in an Interstate Cadet monoplane. Hers and a few other civilian aircraft were the only U.S. planes in the air near the harbor at that time. Fort saw a military airplane flying directly toward her and swiftly grabbed the controls from her student to pull up over the oncoming craft. It was then she saw the rising sun insignia on the wings. Within moments, she saw billows of black smoke coming from Pearl Harbor and bombers flying in. She quickly landed the plane at John Rodgers civilian airport near the mouth of Pearl Harbor. The pursuing Zero strafed her plane and the runway as she and her student ran for cover.[4][5] The airport manager was killed and two other civilian planes did not return that morning.
With all civilian flights grounded in Hawaii, Fort returned to the mainland in early 1942. She made a short movie promoting war bonds that was successful and led to speaking engagements.[7] Later that year, Nancy Love recruited her to serve in the newly established Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, precursor to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). She was the second woman accepted into the service.[8] The WAFS ferried military planes to bases within the United States.
Stationed at the 6th Ferrying Group base at Long Beach, California, Cornelia Fort became the first WAFS fatality[9] on March 21, 1943 when another plane being ferried by a male pilot struck the left wing of the BT-13 she was ferrying in a mid-air collision ten miles south of Merkel, Texas.[10][11] At the time of the accident, Cornelia Fort was one of the most accomplished pilots of the WAFS. The footstone of her grave is inscribed, "Killed in the Service of Her Country."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Fort

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On 3/27/2015 I had the honor to fly with the Blue Angels aboard their C-130, Fat Albert du...

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I want to thank the Blue Angels for allowing me to fly with them and for the opportunity to make this video.
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